If you are going to do the oil pump then we use to put the G60 Corrado pump
in them. It has bigger flow which helps a lot.
But sounds like the mains and rod bearings are also needed.


"Papa" > wrote in message
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>I own a 1988 VW Rabbit Cabriolet convertible. Lately my low pressure oil
>warning light has been flashing after the car has been driven a few miles
>and the oil thins out. The oil pressure gage on the center console verifies
>that the oil pressure is low, because when the oil is still cold the
>pressure is normal at idle (around 1 on the gage), but after it warms up
>the pressure gage reads less than 0.5 at idle and the warning light begins
>flashing. While driving along with the oil cold, the gage reads almost 5,
>but after warm-up it is less than 2 while driving and the warning light
>does not flash until I come to a stop.
>
> I tried using a thicker oil (SAE 40), but it made no difference.
>
> The car has over 270,000 miles on it, but it still has plenty of pep and
> there is no unusual engine noises (I can easily get it up past 70 MPH and
> there is no visible smoke coming out the exhaust pipe). This makes me
> think that the problem may just be a bad oil pump rather than bad
> crankshaft bearings. What do you think?
>
> Anyway, I am having a new oil pump installed today, along with new oil
> pressure sensors. Hopefully that will fix the problem. I'll post the
> results.
>