<VV> Repair Shops (no Corvair)

[Padgett]

Still have the receipt from an Anderson IN GM dealer who diagnosed low oil 
pressure on the gauge as a defective gauge when one of the cam bearings was 
sitting on the bottom of the oil pan.

Wasn't all bad. Proceeded to drive 1000 miles at Interstate speeds (no 
babying) and was running sweetly when got it home. Hooked a mechanical 
gauge (what the dealer was supposed to do according to the book) and 20 psi 
max just like the gauge said. Was a lot cheaper to fix at home though & 
would not have driven if had known what was really wrong.

Since then have heard of a number of 1990 3800s dropping cam bearings but 
there never was a TSB or advisory.

Padgett