SOLVED!? Was: New Engine... NO Oil Pressure!!!!

[vwtype53@yahoo.com (Benjamin Harder)]

I think I have found the solution to my oil pressure issue!!!

Just tonight, while looking through *everything* part-wise I have
done to the engine I came across a bag of junk that the machine
shop gave me after they had cleaned my block... mostly just old
freeze plugs and stuff... but WAIT!  What's this I see at the
bottom of the bag... all 4 oil squirters!!!
The shop did not re-install them... and even worse, I didn't
even notice them when I re-assembled the engine!  

Someone please confirm that the lack of the squirters could cause
my low oil pressure issue!  Instead of having the little pea-shooters
in there, there are large open ports where the screws should be, which
would equal large area and much less back pressure... right?

Now the biggest question... can the 4 oil squirters be installed
without full dissasembly of the block?  Can I access them by dropping
the pan and reaching up past the crank, etc?

I just can't believe I missed these while assembling the bottom end, 
but at least I figured this out now and not later once the engine had
seized from lack of oil pressure!

Oh well... looks like my weekend might be quite busy after all...

Ben



--- Benjamin Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have just installed my freshly rebuilt 2.0 16v into my '80 rocco with
> so much excitement to hear it finally run for the first time!  But wait,
> what's this!?  My oil pressure gauge is reading 0.5 bar!!!???
> 
> I have checked all clearances before engine assembly, installed a NEW oil
> pump, and tried a few different oil pressure senders and gauges.  But when
> the engine is started, my gauge reads near 0 at idle and only up to about
> 0.5 bar at 2000rpm.  The engine has only been run for appx. 3-5 minutes so
> far through my troubleshooting...
> 
> Tonight I installed the new oil pump with no improved results... after
> dropping the pan twice after 15 second engine starts, I inspected the
> crank and piston bores to see that they were very well covered in oil.
> After each test-start I cleaned the oil cap, only to find it covered in
> oil every time.  
> 
> I have tried installing a oil pressure sender on the top of the oil filter
> flange AND on the back side of the cylinderhead... but I basically get a
> reading of 0 bar.
> 
> The only thing I have left to try is to get a mechanical oil pressure gauge
> to see the real story... but I am afraid that I really DO have a low-pressure
> issue.  What else could be wrong!?
> 
> Any experience here would be soooo appreciated...
> 
> TIA!
> 
> 
> =====
> Benjamin Harder
> 86 Scirocco 16v
> 80 Scirocco (in seach of oil pressure!)
> 93 Passat GLX
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/vwtype53/
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