No oil pressure - now what?

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 12:09:13 am 04/12/06 "Mark F." <mk1mark@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/11/06, Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >  So, short of trying to hook up a gage to tell for sure,
> >  what do I do now?  If I'm truly not getting pressure, why,
> >  and what can I do about it?
> >
> >  Any suggestions appreciated, as I'm stumped for now.
>
>
> I once had either a faulty OEM oil filter or a hydraulic lock
> situation created on install.  After an oil change I had no oil
> pressure, but after installing another filter everything was fine.  I
> remember I had filled the new oil filter with fresh oil that time till
> it was overflowing (above the ball, and even the area between the seal
> and the center hole) - maybe I created a pressure somewhere in the
> filter/mount when I spun the filter on which caused the problem.  I'm
> not sure if it was a defective filter, or that, but since then I've
> filled my oil filters to 3/4 full just in case...
>
> Just thought I'd throw that out there if there isn't any other obvious
> problem...
>
> Good luck!
>
> Mark.
> 75
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I'll be following this one, since Adam's GTI has been doing the same thing,
and that's one reason it's parked. Title issues/time being the other
reasons.

Cathy