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

[Ryan Verthein]

yes.  I just put a can of motor flush in the oil and
ran it for a while with the covers off thinking A) it
may be just gummed up and B.) even if it's not, this
is gonna clean up the passages a good bit..., I also
used a squirt can and oiled the rockers as it was
running, now that I know it's not getting oil...I'm
going to let it sit and cool down, then I will take
out a pushrod tube or two, and see that they are in
the correct way.

Ryan

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

> So, for all you know, the push rods could have been
> in backwards when you 
> got it?
> RonH
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ryan Verthein" <daretocorvair at yahoo.com>
> To: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Not So Oily. At all. -help!
> 
> 
> >  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
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> >> > and
> >> http://free4allband.tripod.com/corsacorvair.html
> >> >
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