[Vwdiesel] Electric oil press gauge & wet floors

[Val Christian]

I had both a 1.5 and a 1.6 with an oil pressure gauge.  Both pegged the gauge
on cold starts.  Even when hot, neither was below 20 psi at idle.  The 
1.5 got retired with over 600K miles on it, and never blew the OP 
line.  




On the 1.5 I used to use PER - 1 or Fram 8 filters.  I never had one go,
but about 1990 Fram started making a heavier cased filter.
Some brand filters are better than others.  I used to use cheap filters
because they were readily available, and I changed oil frequently.

> 
> In a message dated 5/25/2010 5:58:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> dieselwesty at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> > No 1.6 or 1.9 IDI diesel can make more then 70lbs psi oil pressure.  That 
> > is what many people said to me when I said I was seeing 130PSI at startup 
> > and 45-50 running down the road when hot.  No I see why.
> > 
> 
>   Just the 1.5 that can?  :-D
>   I believe the mechanical gauge I had was 120 psi.  Pegged it every 
> cold start and would only back off the peg at warm idle.  I removed 
> it rather than risk bursting a hose.
>     Loren
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