<VV> Ole Valve Guide Eater

[corvairs]

Then where did the half cup of oil come from? And is there substantial 
damage on all the other moving surfaces (rockers, valve tips etc). I 
think someone has lead you down a path.......Lon -  I'll check with my 
local NAPA guys as well - something's rotten in Denmark.

Hubert A Smith wrote:

>Smitty Says:  Several have posted me wanting to know what I found on the
>wagon that might have caused the guide failures.  I have told each that
>when I had something to report, I would.  Got the engine fired up today
>with a oil press gauge on it.  40 psi at idle with engine warm.  (Not
>full operating temp).  Pulled a valve cover and it had the usual half cup
>of oil in it.  After the initial draining was complete all rockers had a
>steady drip of oil coming from them.  BUT !!!    Not a squirt of oil in
>sight from any of the pushrods which were spinning around and around.   
>        My NAPA guy says his lifters listed for Corvairs are not the same
>as SBC.  At this point I don't care if they have inverted wide dimples
>with a twin ball check flutter valve as long as they oil the springs.  I
>will start installing them in the morning.
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