T3: RE: Green light on!

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

The oil filter should have a bypass on it, similar to the stock strainer.
As 
such this shouldn't be a problem but replace it with a new one like you said

(and buy the Fram HP-1!)

Since you are getting oil to the full flow filter then the oil pump cover is

working fine as well (~125psi stopping point).  I really doubt a GB item
would 
fail but ya never know...give them a call and ask.  I think I remember the 
instructions saying that if the spring gets garbage in it that it could not
work
properly, but which way it would fail I do not know

Sounds like your oil pressure relief valve is stuck in the bypass (cold
engine) 
position.  Remove it and check the chamber and piston for scratches/scoring
as 
this will cause it to stick (happened to me).  Checking it does not require 
draining the oil, but DO have a catch can/tray as some oil will come out.
You 
can use emery cloth to smooth out scratches and such but I would recommend
just 
buying a new one.  On engine rebuilds these pistons/springs generally don't
get 
replaced with new ones.  I had my stock one for over 25 years before I
replaced 
it!  Come to think of it, my stock master cylinder lasted over 25 years as 
well...damn, those Ch'rmans are good! (Ch'rman = how it sounds when talking
to a
German when they say the word in English :)

What I suspect,
    Toby Erkson
    air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
responses
    '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
    '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
    Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

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Subject: Green light on!
Author:  Greg Merritt [SMTP:gregm@vwtype3.org]  at MSXGATE
Date:    4/2/98 7:45 AM
...Here's what I found:
     o  It's got oil, and there are no visible leaks. (good)
     o  If I ground & "open" the lead to the pressure switch, I can get
the light to flash. (good)
     o  Tried a known good pressure switch; light still on. (bad)
     o  Turned over w/ starter, coil disconnected, oil pressure switch
removed; about 10 seconds.  No oil poured out. :(  (Engine cold--is this 
just the oil cooler getting bypassed?  I've got a dual relief case.)
     o  Got a Berg full-flow w/ the ~100psi(?) bypass pump cover.
Removed the filter & cranked the engine over a few seconds; oil dumped out 
at the filter fitting!  Not gobs, but would have made a mess had I not put 
a bag under it.  (good)

     It's only had one oil change since the rebuild--at a couple of
hundred miles.  It's been, I think, over a thousand since then.  Could the 
filter have become clogged?  (It's actually got a small Bosch filter on 
there, not the Fram--don't ask.)

     Tomorrow afternoon I'll try a new filter, then look next to
malfunctioning in the Berg special relief oil pump cover.  (How do I do 
that?)

     Any ideas?!?

-Greg
'69 & '71 Squarebacks
'63 Beetle