[Rovernet] Early 2000TC High Oil Pressure

Steven Dibdin sdibdin at gmail.com
Wed Apr 10 17:54:28 EDT 2019


Hey Tom,

The change was to go from a ball valve to a slide valve for the oil
pressure relief valve I believe. The OPRV is under the oil pump on the
auxiliary drive housing. You can reach it from under the car looking up.

Best,

Steven

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 5:51 PM Tom Rymes via Rovernet <
rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:

> A while back, I think I remember seeing something on this list about
> early P6 2000s having a problem with the oil pressure relief valve,
> which would result in oil pressure that was excessively high. This set
> off a lightbulb for me, as a possible explanation for the fairly large
> oil leaks I see on my car. If memory serves, there was a factory update
> to resolve the issue and prevent this from happening in the future.
>
> Unfortunately, I cannot find the message, along with its explanation -
> not in the archives, not on Google, and not in my e-mail, so I was
> hoping that some kind soul would point me in the right direction.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Tom
>
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