Re: Low oil pressure

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>Suffered major brain fade the other day and forgot to replace the 
>oil filler cap on the valve cover after adding oil.  Proceeded to 
>drive down the highway at about 60mph unitil the warning light and 
>buzzer came on simultaneously.  I cut the engine and pulled over. 
>Luckily the cap was still in the engine compartment and I had a 
>quart with me.  I put the quart in and limped the the next gas 'n go 
>(about two miles).  No lights or buzzer during this time.  Added 3 
>quarts at the station.  Lifters were noisy for the first 30 seconds 
>and then everything seemed normal.  Proceeded to drive 200 miles at 
>75mph with no problems.
>
>I'm wondering what my risk is here.  Is it possible that the engine 
>suffered no damage?  I expect that I must have done something to it. 
>Anyone have any idea what I can expect?  I'm hoping that I'm in the 
>clear.
>
>
>David Z.

Pretty much the exact same thing happened to my wife's 16v Passat; which
is now my second / winter ride.  I was real worried about it initially,
and right after I oiled it back up I thought maybe the lifters were hosed.
But, it bounced right back and has been running fine since.

==Brett

 \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net

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