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<x-charset iso-8859-1>No good! You want 12-14psi at idle on a new engine with 30wt... higher with 10W40. and NO FLIKERING oil light... others may disagree with me but think of it this way... could VW have sold these cars new if the oil lights flickered?? 38-41 psi at 70MPH with a new motor, on a hot day at temperature. Your gauge may be inaccurate but since your light is flickering it says that it probably isnt. Problem? too thick a gasket on the oil pump cover or oil pump problems. Case improperly line bored or needing it Bad or improperly installed bearings crank that is cut more than .010 also... you want to be breaking it in with no thicker than 20wt oil. and others. Keith > > > I rebuilt my first ever motor, a 1776 for my 68 square! I have about 140 > miles on it so far and had valve cover problems and oil sprayed everywhere. > I fixed the oil leak, pressure washed the engine and went on an hour long > trip, no leaks but after car was hot lots of smoke seen at low speeds and > when parked. Should I be concerned or do you think it is just oil in the > cooling tin that will eventually burn off on its own? > After we pulled off the freeway, the oil light flickers but a quick feather > to the gas solves that. My pressure gauge at idle at this point reads 6 to > 7 psi. Is that normal on a new motor? While on freeway after engine is > warm, At 60 mph it produces about 30 psi oil pressure on my vdo. I am > running 10w40 oil right now. Should I be running detergent? > The archives are down, and I am trying to make sure it will make the long > trip to PARMA! > Thanks for your help, > Mike Aronson > 68 square > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>