low oil pressure?

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

The engine was just put in.  It has been on an engine stand for about 1
year.  The oil is fresh (new) and we have only drove it about 20 miles after
we had it running previously.   It took about 20 minutes for the lifters to
quite down when we first fired it up but that it normal as the lifters have
to pressurize themselves or what ever the heck they do.  Personnally I think
that it is just the lifters and not a pressure problem but we will verify
that with a gauge this weekend.  We will also get some cleaner as suggested
by Dan.

On 2/15/07, John S. Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:
>
> Have you been running it regularly?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Walter" <toofast4you89@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:37 PM
> Subject: low oil pressure?
>
>
> > hello everyone,
> >
> >  to my horror i report a constant lifter "tick" noise upon start up of
> > car,
> > for about 5-10 minutes.  this weekend i plan to hook up a pressure gauge
> > to
> > test my fears.  any thoughts before i order a new pump?
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
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