[Vwdiesel] oil pressure problems tried everything

[cass]

just cause of my adventures in 'intermediate shaft bearing fun'.. :o)
(same symptoms)
can you confirm if the intermediate shaft bearings
where replaced on re-build?

cassie



LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>
> What year? (hydraulic head or no?)  If it's a hydraulic then it probably had
> a 30
> mm pump.  Most likely a HV pump will be the 30mm one.  36mm are available.
> :)  Try your gauge on a car that has known good oil pressure and working
> gauge.  I saw a friend pull a V-8 boat engine several times due to low oil
> pressure and it was actually a faulty gauge.  Having your oil pressure
> confirmed by the dynamic system isn't all that conclusive.  ;-)  You covered
> actually having oil flow, at the head or the oil filter flange?  First
> thought there
> was upside down head gasket blocking oil to the head.
>   If all that checks out then you're left with actual low oil pressure.  :(
> First
> likely culprit is the intermediate shaft bearings.  They don't always get
> replaced
> and tend to flake apart with age.  If they are replaced, sometimes they can
> work
> loose if they weren't a good tight fit.  Hope it isn't these since that
> requires pulling
> the engine to replace them!  The other's would be your main or rod bearings
> and
> at least they're easily accessible in the car.
>   If it was a TD engine then you could have something like a fallen out
> piston
> cooling jet or just marginal pressure from having leaking jets, along with
> a hydraulic head and turbo.
>      Loren
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