

| Subject: | Re: BAD OIL Again! |
| From: | Zoran Mladen |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:34:31 -0800 |
Have you tested the oil pressure? You may have a bad switch or instrument panel problem. The only way to know if you have oil pressure problems is to put a gauge on. Z --- Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET> wrote: > Well, now that I have a few minute, here is the > history: > I purchased the Syncro with 110,000 miles on it > and the engine had been replaced at about 8,000 > miles previously. The engine oil looked like it had > 8,000 miles on it also. GEX sticker and plate on > the > block confirmed it was almost new rebuild. Since > then > I have changed the oil every 3000 miles. It had > high > pressure buzzer going off the first summer I had it. > I curred this by running 20-50 and changing several > parts in the cooling system to bring the temp. down > to below the LED. A year ago more pressure problems > after an oild change to Mobil oil. I changed out > the oil, > to another brand, seams to had fixxed the problem, > thur > last winter and the summer. Have used 20-50 weight > thru last summer. Now I changed oil again same > problems. > This oil change I put in 2 qrts of 10-40 and 2 qrts > of 20-50 > since the extreme cold temp. It now has 75000 miles > on the rebuild, head gaskets are leaking, and can be > causing a higher temp. Timing it advanced, and could > also > be causing heat problems. I think that installing > straight > 20-50 oil may have bought me some time, but not a > few years. > This is what I was thinking last year, so the engine > should > have been dead by now? > What bugs me is I've change this oil every 3000 > miles! > I can document each and everyone. If this engine is > bad, > it was bad from the day I got it! > Eric > > > > > Robert Donalds wrote: > > > EricI would guess that the engine has at least > 140k on it or that some > > gas station has reassembled the engine and never > inspected the oil > > clearances. dont blame the oil for low oil > pressureBob DonaldsBoston > > engineHttp://www.bostonengine.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
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