It has been a bad year for my engine and things are getting worse. Ever since the situation with the failing variable intake timing:
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63066
I have had a tapping sound coming from the engine at around 1300RPM. I changed oil and the filter, but that didn't fix it. So I decided to get an oil pressure gauge.
This was a month ago, before I was going to attend a time attack event and go on a 2000 mile road trip so I wanted to see where the engine stands. Here's a link to my in-class 3rd place finish, btw: http://youtu.be/w8h4Nvpu93I. Of course the oil pressure sender unit I received was defective, but I risked it and went into the two activities "blind".
Today I installed the replacement sender unit and very disappointingly my engine's pressure reads a little less than 15psi at idle at operating temperature. And I suspect it would read a lot less if I really got the engine hot. This is outside of VW's idle range specification of 17.4psi - 30.5psi.
http://volkswagen.workshop-manuals.com/golf-mk6/index.php?id=4277
So much for the dummy low pressure switch which is rated between 17.4psi - 23.2psi.
I wanted to know if others have measured their oil pressures so that I can compare and if anyone had advice on what to do next. For one I'm going change my oil and send it off to be analyzed. That should tell me if there is excessive wear.
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63066
I have had a tapping sound coming from the engine at around 1300RPM. I changed oil and the filter, but that didn't fix it. So I decided to get an oil pressure gauge.
This was a month ago, before I was going to attend a time attack event and go on a 2000 mile road trip so I wanted to see where the engine stands. Here's a link to my in-class 3rd place finish, btw: http://youtu.be/w8h4Nvpu93I. Of course the oil pressure sender unit I received was defective, but I risked it and went into the two activities "blind".
Today I installed the replacement sender unit and very disappointingly my engine's pressure reads a little less than 15psi at idle at operating temperature. And I suspect it would read a lot less if I really got the engine hot. This is outside of VW's idle range specification of 17.4psi - 30.5psi.
http://volkswagen.workshop-manuals.com/golf-mk6/index.php?id=4277
So much for the dummy low pressure switch which is rated between 17.4psi - 23.2psi.
I wanted to know if others have measured their oil pressures so that I can compare and if anyone had advice on what to do next. For one I'm going change my oil and send it off to be analyzed. That should tell me if there is excessive wear.