Oil Pressure and Synthetic

[Douglas_Brashear@mail.amsinc.com]

Hey all,

Last night, after driving home seeing the oil pressure pulsing very faintly
at stop lights (69 automatic, FI squareback) I decided to change back to
petroleum-based 10W-30 (rather than the SynTech I had been running).  This
morning I did not see the oil pressure light again...however, I also did
one other thing last night.  Would oil pressure be escaping if I didn't
have a tight connection on the dip stick?  When I replaced the rubber boot
that connects the oil dip stick tube on the body to that on the engine, I
didn't have the correct hose clamp to make a tight connection (on the body
side).  Could that have been the cause of my low oil pressure condition?

Just wondering,
-Doug
74 superbeetle (###for sale###)
69 auto FI squareback
73 FI fastback (??)
douglas_brashear@mail.amsinc.com