1.8t oil pressure

[Dan DiBiase]

Cody, have you seen this?

http://members.cox.net/ambox/audi_sludge/#Admitting%20you%20have%20a%20problem

 Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6 (sludge-free)
Central NJ USA






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From: John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
Cc: "quattro at audifans.com" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 1:06:38 PM
Subject: Re: 1.8t oil pressure


Well yeah I got that part ;-). What I'm trying to figure out is the next step. 
If it's not pumping at all (which seems to be the case) detergent won't help.

-Cody (mobile)

On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:


Sounds like the infamous 1.8T sludging issue...
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>Central NJ USA
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From: John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 12:45:15 PM
>Subject: 1.8t oil pressure
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>I'm working on a '01 Passat AWM 1.8t. A few weeks ago it had no oil pressure so 
>I pulled the pan and replaced the pickup tube which was clogged full of crap. 
>While there I cleaned everything up a bit and also pulled the cams, cleaned the 
>head, and replaced all of the top end seals. Then reinstalled the pan, ran the 
>engine with crappy oil for an hour, pulled the pan, cleaned it out, cleaned the 
>pickup, and final assembled the car. When completed i verified plenty of oil 
>pressure. Yesterday while on an errand the oil pressure light popped on again. 
>Upon stopping the lodgers were clattering, so I knew it had no pressure at all 
>and promptly called a tow truck. 
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>I drained the oil through a rag and found a bunch of fine black crud particles. 
>Pulled the pan again, but the pickup isn't clogged. Then I pulled the pump which 
>is in good shape and the pressure relief valve is not clogged nor stuck. 
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>Any experience or ideas? Is there another relief  valve somewhere down stream?
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>-Cody (mobile)
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