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.well. got the car fired up here the other day, no ill sounds other then a loud ticking from my lifters (brand new ina lifters, not even driven 1 mile yet)
so. i guess this is because of a constriceted oilway. since this happend the last time i was out driving the car (june/july 2010). tought it was the lifters, so replaced them. but since the new ones are acting the same way, i can only be two things
insifficent oil pressure (going to hook up my oil pres gauge tomorrow)
constricted oilways. a bit more unsure how to fix this, but some compressed air and some steel wire should do the trick
getting close now 
hopefully i’ll do a test drive during the next week
well. its not the oilpump, thats for sure
hooked my gauge up to the head. have (on idle) about 4.7bar pressure on cold engine. 1.5ish on warm
on 2000rpm i’ve got about 2.5bar when warm
taking the valvecover off tomorrow. just need to get some headache tablets first, i usually get a severe headache when doing these things (oil/gasoline fumes)
falling behind on updates here.
anyhow. changed oil and filter again (to more heavy weight) and ticking stopped. so thats sorted
have taken next week off of work. (last years vacation days which is did not use)
so its going to be a busy week
monday: wheel alinment
tuesday: to the importers for a “pre” check and get documentation on the rebuild
wednestad: to the “DMV” to get the car through inspection. and hopefully i can get my license plates which is preordered and ready for me
fingers crossed
Fingers crossed for you here as well!
btw, I had a similar problem with the oil as well (in as much as the oil pressure was not registering on the scale & when warm the oil pressure warning buzzer was sounding on tickover, this happened when the official VW garage put a too light grade into the engine
After my complaining, they blatantly said “it was the correct grade to use” mind you they could not (or would not) say what grade of oil they had put in my motor,
Mind you they also said “that most of their mechanics (part fitters)were younger than my(1989)car”
Pascal sorted it out for me last summer with an oil & filter change (with the correct weight oil) when we called at his garage on the way from my house (almost past his) on a trip to England [
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