Hey folks, just trying to figure out some stuff with my A4. I had the oil consumption rebuild done at 104k I am now at 145k and I am running into some problems. I got the car tuned about 2 months ago and shortly after the tune (roughy 2 weeks) I had the dreaded “Low oil pressure shut off engine” . Took it to the shop they checked the pressure with a mechanical gauge and it was at 8psi at warm idle. I was beginning to think the pump was going until they dropped my oil pan and it had small metal flakes in the bottom of the pan. So they pulled the valve cover off and seen the camshafts journals are scored a little bit not bad enough to feel when running your fingers a crossed the journals. I was just wondering if I was to replace the pump and the top end including new camshafts if that would more than likely bump my pressure back up to normal operating psi or if I shouldn’t do anything until I know the bottom end it good and there is no clearances. I already have the new top end and camshafts just haven’t put it in.The car is sitting I have yet to figure out what to do so any input would be greatly appreciated!
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Originally Posted by LionKing
and for the question earlier if I took it to Audi I called they said they were backed up for two weeks and recommend me taking it to there neighbour dealer which is vw. They are the ones that said it’s in the beginning stages of engine failure and think the there is a possibility the problem is in the bottom end but also the camshaft journal scoring is a problem as well because the top end wasn’t getting enough oil that’s why it scored my journals and camshaft. 
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