<VV> Not So Oily. At all. -help!

[Ryan Verthein]

  yeah, I've run it for probably 40 minutes or so like
this.  I didn't touch the pushrod tubes or anything
ever, and from what I know it was a running engine in
the late 80's early 90's that Dale took out of a Monza
and it just sat since then. 

  I really don't know. oil is pumping TO the filter,
but not into the heads...like maybe there's a blockage
in that little labyrinth of oil passages in the front
housing.

 Ryan

--- Ron <ronh at owt.com> wrote:

> Have you run it enough to fill the lifters?  Are the
> push rods installed 
> with the side holes at the outer ends?  Did you
> check the pushrod holes to 
> assure that they are open?  It'd sure be unusual if
> all of the holes were 
> plugged, however.
> RonH
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ryan Verthein" <daretocorvair at yahoo.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 2:03 PM
> Subject: <VV> Not So Oily. At all. -help!
> 
> 
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I'm going to explain the situation, and in it you
> will
> > find the problem.  See if you can figure this out,
> > cause we can't.
> >
> > Today, some guys from the Duluth club came to my
> house
> > to help me out with my car(thanks guys!)
> >
> > Ron took the valve cover on the right hand side
> off,
> > and went to adjust the valves, when suddenly he
> > realized, there was NO oil coming out.  NONE.
> >
> > Well how weird.  So we got the other valve cover
> off-a
> > few dribbles, at best, but still, not anything to
> > write home about.
> >
> > We started the car with the valve covers off, no
> oil
> > is getting to the heads at all.
> >
> > So this is what we figured out...
> >
> > After some research, we found out the shaft length
> for
> > the 102 distributor I have is the right
> length-they're
> > all the same. so that wasn't the problem.
> >
> > we took the dist out, and found we could prime it.
>  we
> > took out the oil pressure switch, and primed
> it-oil
> > came out...so we knew the pump was doing its job.
> >
> > we even took the gears out of the housing just to
> make
> > sure the little ears hadn't broken off-they
> hadn't.
> >
> > so we put the distributor back in and started the
> car
> > thinking we had pressure again....we didn't.  we
> took
> > the oil sender out again and cranked the
> engine-once
> > again, oil shot out.
> >
> > BUT, after starting the car again, there is still
> no
> > oil getting up into the lifters. none.
> >
> > What could the problem POSSIBLY be?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Ryan V.
> >
> > 1965 Corsa/110/4
> > http://www.edselmotors.com/corsa.html
> > and
> http://free4allband.tripod.com/corsacorvair.html
> >
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