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<x-charset utf-8>I got the engine fired up yesterday...no leaks this time, but: It was running pretty rough, so I wiggled the FI MPC plugs, and got it eventually to hit a decent idle, though it was still popping a bit. Then while I was driving over to my local mechanic for some peer review, the oil light started to flicker at low idle. So I stopped the car and used up a few AAA points, and had it towed over to the shop, where it now sits. What do I do now? Does this mean I have to disassemble the engine again all the way? Here are a couple of my hypotheses and I would appreciate any advice: (1) I put assembly lube (lubriplate) in the oil pump, as the wilson rebuild book tells you (or maybe he says vaseline?). Anyway I remember a recent post by Jim A. advising against this. I suppose one possibility is that the assembly lube goop is giving my engine congestive heart failure somewhere. Maybe it ends up at the screen and I will be lucky and can just remove it and be ok. (2) I did not do anything with cleaning out the oil passages in the case. Maybe this was a grave error. Nor did I check the pressure relief valves as I had lots of trouble getting the big screws out. I figured the case worked before, so it should work now. (Jim A: if you are wondering, this is not the case you sold me last year...I am saving that one for later as I did not want to deal with the full flow system until after I have moved and have more time and money) (3) I was extremely diligent checking the bearing seating, and the case torqued together without problems, so I don't think bearing seating is an issue. This would probably create a more drastic problem than what I have now in any case (no pun intended). I can't think of anything else, so at this point all I can do is check the screen, and if that's ok, then I guess its another teardown and rebuild from square one. At least the engine is now clean, so there's not that bother. But this time I am going to work fast (out of necessity) and avoid the lubriplate. Anything else I can do? Thanks for any advice, Jim Rustad 71 FI Square ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org </x-charset>