well i have 150 miles on my rebuild engine and surelly i have a problem. and i probably have to tear the engine apart. everything started yesterday that i notice that the oil pressure was dropping from normal. so i thought it was the O ring on the front cover because it when from 60 psi at 2500 rpm to almost 45 at 2500 and 50 at 3K. so i check and it wasnt so i thought it was the oil presure regulators nd i was gonna check tomorow but tonight when i was stopped on a stoplight i heard it, a clunking noise, i open the hood and it sound comes from the motor. so i think is a bearing. ohh well time for tear down again.

 

dam i cant believe nobody reply back. anyways my car is running fine now i put a shim on the regulators and raised the pressue so im good

 

yay .. good **** .... maybe you can teach me i wannna know soo bad but **** i dont have the rigth tools .

 

good to hear, it seems to be the only threads people read in here are the cold air intake, and the what exhuast is best threads.

 

my brother's rebuild (S5 GTU) had some wierd oil pressure problems at first, which disappeared after the 2k mile break-in and few oil changes. I wouldnt tear it down yet

 

Im with him ^^

Eddie, its good to see your makin good progress, hows that intercooler workin for you? lol

look what just arrived!

 

Your oil pressure readings....off the stock gauge?

You already took the front cover off?

James

 

What would have caused the oil pressure to drop in the first place? Is this a turbocharged N/A or Full swap?

 

its a full swap

 

no readings are from a VDO mecanical gaugeand yes i took the front cover off and the oring is fine

 

and yes like T2romad said is a full swap

 

the stock gauge is absolutly terrible

and even with those readings I don't think thats really bad

once again the stock gauge blows but i've had mine drop to 0 and the car was running the exact same

do you notice a change in revs or powerloss?

 

i dont know, i jsut when the fisrt 500 miles yesterday and still powerfull

 

good to hear

start pushing some boost through it now =D