Pouring oil??? Why not use a drill to turn the oil pump gear via the
distributor?  MUCH simpler that way!

You should always use 20W50 Dyno or 5W50 Synth on these engines unless it
is below -10C or so where the next step down would be in order.

The I4 sensors are a lot fussier that the wbx sensors... If you connect a
manual gauge to your engines head you will find the pressure is right on spec.

At 10:57 PM 28/02/2000 -0800, Coby Smolens wrote:
>Hi Otmar -
>
>After doing a Eurospec conversion recently I had to prime the pump (by
>removing one of the plugs at the filter housing and squirting oil down the
>hole) to get oil to the filter. Frightening. Afterward all was OK, 'til the
>first oil change when the same thing happened again. Prime the pump and,
>voila! Q: Are we talking about a gauge here, or  light? Has pressure been
>measured at the engine? If it's a gauge is it a long, long, hose to the
>gauge, or a transducer at the engine?
>
>When my infamous Eurospec was giving me trouble, it cranked for longer than
>I was comfortable with, so I hooked up a testlight at the sender to
>eliminate wiring/gauge as possibilities, still got the same results (light
>on, wouldn't go out). So I loosened the filter and tried cranking - still no
>oil. "Oh, ****"! Says I to meself. Thought of major blockages inside the
>nice new 2.0 engine after days of installation... The first time was with
>the VW brand oil filter that came with the engine, the second time with a
>Mann equivalent, both have check valves.
>
>What oil is he using? Could maybe try a heavier grade, or - as an
>experiment - adding some STP oil treatment to up the viscosity.
>
>Coby
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Otmar Ebenhoech
>Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 3:31 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
>
>
>At 3:17 PM -0800 2/28/00, Dave Bayer wrote:
>>Otmar Ebenhoech wrote:
>> >
>> > My friend is having a frustrating problem with his 82 diesel Westie
>> > that has a 2.0 GTI engine in it. The engine is mounted on the stock
>> > diesel mounts.
>> >
>> > After it sits for a week, the oil pressure will not come up for more
>> > than 30 seconds. It's not the sensor, the lifters rattle.
>> > Removing the oil filter mount and priming the pump makes it work again.
>> > For some reason the oil pump seems to be losing its prime.
>>
>>Does the right oil filter on the diesel have an anti-drain
>>back valve like the vanagon waterboxer oil filters
>>do? Is he using a filter with an anti-drain back vavle?
>>I would assume the engine is going to need such a filter...
>>
>>dave
>
>Several of you asked about/suggested the check valve in the oil filter.
>I forgot to say that he claims that he switched to a filter with a
>check valve in it, but I think that is worth revisiting.
>I'll tell him to try out a wasserboxer filter.
>
>  -Otmar-
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>

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