96 TSI AWD 6 BOLT SWAP (no oil pressure)

[Twelve_Guage]

All right guys, I have a 96 TSI AWD and just recently swapped a 6 bolt block in it I got from I guy I work with, stroked it and through her in. I am using my 2g head and a Cometic head gasket. I used Road Race Engineering’s method of modifying all 2g parts to fit on the 1g block. The problem started when I flashed her up and started to hear the lifter “ticking”. I stopped the motor pulled off the valve cover and to my dismay; the valve train was not getting any oil. If you have pulled apart one of those heads you will know about the oil distribution block thing (I don’t know what you would call that) on the left hand side of the motor (If you are looking at it from the front) I pulled that off, it was dry, damn. I just can’t figure this out. I took the timing belt off and hit the oil pump with a drill to spin it up. I know I have oil pressure because the high pressure oil feed line for the turbo has pressure and so does the sending unit, just none up at the valve train! I took a piece of copper wire and slipped it down the oil feed hole for the head, it goes down almost to where the head gasket would be, but then it stops. Could it be the head gasket? All help is appreciated. Thanx

 

[311GSX]

yea sounds like the headgasket is on backwards

 

[Twelve_Guage]

Yeah, that's what I thought but I pulled the head, and its on the right way. With the head off I spun the oil pump again with the drill and STILL have no oil pressure at that feed hole. It must be a problem with the oil pump/case/ect. It's wierd because my oil feed line for the turbo is getting oil and so are the mains, I am running out of ideas. I might just give in and try to find all 1st gen stuff for that side of the motor, that should fix it. Any ideas?

 

[My96AWD]

did you get rid of the bal shafts? if you did then maybe the bearings for the front shaft arn't turned and its letting the oil out of there. also the rear bal shaft if you just cut the shaft then it will be leaking out of there also there is a hole in the shaft for the rear bal bearings.

 

[My96AWD]

i just reread that you have a 2g pump on a 1g motor? unless you machined the oil pump then you have to have a 1g pump on a 1g motor. the oil passages don't line up with a 2g.