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Posted by: honlude Sep 15 2008, 05:38 PM

Hello , Quick question , I have a 75 1.8 , start and runs good , after i drive for a while , maybe 30 min the oil preasure light come on at idle , i have a small leak at the one push rod tube , i did replace the sender about a month ago figuring it maybe the problem , any help would be great , (im running 5/30 oil )

Posted by: carr914 Sep 15 2008, 05:42 PM

What RPM is your idle?

T.C.

Posted by: r_towle Sep 15 2008, 05:43 PM

run 20W50...

Rich

Posted by: Travis Neff Sep 15 2008, 06:52 PM

I'm with Rich on this..

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Sep 15 2008, 07:10 PM

Yup. 20w50 unless you're where it freezes on a regular basis. 5w30 is waaaaaayyyy too thin. The Cap'n

Posted by: sww914 Sep 15 2008, 07:10 PM

The oil's too thin.

Posted by: r_towle Sep 15 2008, 09:20 PM

Damn,
Im gonna mark my calender...it must be a holiday....

Rich

Posted by: SGB Sep 16 2008, 07:22 AM

Also, I learned that the trip point is lower for the aftermarket VDO dual-pole oil pressure sender. Like 8 psi v. 5 psi for the stock one.

Posted by: honlude Sep 16 2008, 09:19 AM

Thanks guys I'll try oil change first and see what happens , the sender is oem that I used

Posted by: mikez Sep 16 2008, 10:30 AM

"I" would run a straight weight oil. Also I would consider a heavy duty spring on the oil pressure relief valve....

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Sep 16 2008, 10:59 AM

Or you could just fix it right ....................

Good morning, Mike! The Cap'n

Posted by: mikez Sep 16 2008, 11:01 AM

That involved a tear down and a rebuild.....at least on my Type I.

Posted by: honlude Sep 16 2008, 12:37 PM

my plans are to tear motor out over winter and redo the entire thing but I'm just nickel and diming for the next month or so till then , I have a good lead on a 2.0 core and I am leaning on going that route if the guy comes thru

Posted by: dbgriffith75 Sep 16 2008, 03:54 PM

If your contact doesn't come thru for you let me know- i have a near complete 2.0 motor that I inherited when I bought my '75 that I've been saving for spare parts in case of emergency. I believe it's set up for D-Jet FI; tho from what I understand D-Jet can easily be converted to L-Jet if needed. But now that my other motor is rebuilt I don't have much use for it, so I'd probably send it to you for a good price.

I should warn you, however, that it's not very pretty (previous owner had let it sit around for some years)... let me know if you're interested and I'll get you some pics.