<VV> Possible Source of Oil feed problem?

[jcorvair at shaw.ca]

Hi Bob,

I have oil feed problems up all my pushrods, but all my pushrods are brand new heavy duty, super clean units from Ray Sedman.  I wish it was only one or two.  On that note, I always shoot a stream of brake cleaner up through the pushrods to make sure they are clear before installing them.

How is the build going?

James Hogarth
Res: 604-971-0508
Cell: 604-319-9487
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Gilbert 
  To: corvairs at cybrus.net 
  Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org 
  Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:00 PM
  Subject: WC: Possible Source of Oil feed problem?


  Hi,

  I just made an interesting find while building my big block for my UltraVan. I was installing the LH bank set of pushrods and found that 2 out of the 6 rods had plugged oil holes. In the past I usually just did a quick visual check but this time on a whim I decided to run a piece of soft mechanics wire through them. One had a partially plugged tip hole and one had a piece of crud inside the rod! I mentioned this because some time ago I seem to remember hearing about some guys having problems with oil feed to their rockers.

  Certainly something I will check for in the future.

  Regards,

  Bob

  66 Corsa 180 convertible

  68 UltraVan