On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Steven Arguello wrote: > I recently bought a '88 GTI 16V with a blown head gasket. I replaced the > gasket in my garage with a lot of help from people like Dennis G. (I didn't > know about the list then) I was almost as happy as when my first son was > born when it started up and didn't seem to leak ! It hadn't leaked at all > except for around the oil cooler. I had just changed the oil when I noticed > the leak. I didn't think it was a big deal and figured on fixing it at the > next oil change. About his time I swapped out the instrument cluster and > didn't notice that one tiny but very important light didn't work on the new > cluster..... > A few days later I was on the freeway at night and the valves started > rapping pretty loud, my first thought was that I didn't get the timing belt > tightened right and it had jumped a notch. I got off the freeway and took a > look, I noticed the oil leak was worse. I checked the oil level and it was > fine. I drove very carefully the 10 minutes by street I had to get home, the > oil temp never went over 205, the coolant was about 2/3 (it was about 40 deg > outside). The oil pressure light NEVER came on. The next day I saw there was > a lot of oil all over the engine and hood, I checked the oil level and it > was DRY. I later found the thick O ring between the oil cooler and block was > split. After replacing it. I ran new oil with the old filter for about 15 > min and drained it, it looked like nail polish with the shiny stuff in it. A > mechanic friend says minimum I aged the engine about 75,000 miles in those > 10 min. > I now have 20/50 in it and it runs great, a lot of weird noise from under > the hood @ 3500+ RPM but I really don't know if that's not normal. > Recently the replaced oil light comes on @ around 2200 RPM, not lower oil > temp 210 deg. Any thoughts?
ouch. Might be time for a rebuild. :( If it's dropping oil pressure anywhere, you've got some serious wear going on... it's only a matter of time before you spin a bearing and lose all oil pressure completely. I think this was exactly the mode of faiure on ratlow's car, lost some oil from the oil cooler while driving, and when the car was out on the track the extra stresses caused a spun bearing. (He could elaborate on that, but that was my guess... :) > Questions: What is normal oil temp on a summer day? Does anyone have > suggestions as where and how to install a gauge? What's the little buzzer There's a 3-guage panel that replaces the ash tray and cigarette lighter, as well as the small pocket above that. If your car has power window switches there, you won't be able to use it though... The buzzer is supposed to come on at the same time as the oil light, as an auditory warning. > behind the speedo for? How does the oil pressure light work? It has a sensor > for .3 and 1.8 (bar, kg/cm2 ?) I'm not sure about those... Could be something like the 1.8 bar is for the light, the .3 bar is for the buzzer. > I'll leave the rest for later. > > > Let us know how it goes... might be time for a 2.0 conversion. :) _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
