<VV> vasoline

[Harry Yarnell]

Can't remember if the corvair oil pump is 'submerged' in the sump oil, or 
not. Most ,normal, engines arn't. As long as there's some lubricant in the 
gears to begin the pumping, you're ok.
I can recall the problems with the 3.0 Buick V6 motors that had the nylon 
coated timing chain problems, and when reassembling the front casting (where 
the oil pump was), if you didn't pack  the pump with vasoline at startup, 
the pump would never prime, and the engine would quickly self destruct for 
lack of oil pressure.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman garage and orphanage
Perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Davis" <jld at wk.net>
To: "Jim Houston" <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> vasoline


> Just don't use high temperature Lubriplate.  Actually priming the
> engine with an electric drill prior to its first start will negate
> the need for some grease in the oil pump.
> Jim Davis
>
>
> At 08:18 AM 8/31/2008, Jim Houston wrote:
>>I used to used Lubriplate when I was rebuilding Continental and Lycoming
>>aircraft engines . . .  would that be suitable for a Corvair as well??
>>
>>Jim Houston
>>'65 Monza coupe
>>
>>Harry Yarnell wrote:
>> > Frank brings up a good point; oil pump chambers and gears should be 
>> > coated
>> > with  Vasoline when reassembled to produce proper suction (priming).
>> >
>> > Harry Yarnell
>
>
>
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