<VV> Oil Pressure Question

[Bob Gilbert]

Hi Bob,

A few decades ago I was crusing along in my FC in NM at about 80MPH. Looked 
down and the oil pressure was O !!! I  shut the engine down and coasted to 
the side of the road. I waited a few minutes and started the engine. 20# 
pressure, that was normal for this engine. Later I talked to a Corvair 
mechanic and he said that an oil pressure guage could scare you on a 
Corvair. Never saw it that low again, but 20#s was normal for idle. I drove 
it for many years after that without problem.

My 2cents worth,
Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Gilbert" <bgilbert at gilberts-bc.ca>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:57 AM
Subject: <VV> Oil Pressure Question


> Hi,
>
>
>
> Thanks for the responses to my oil pump question. This question is a bit 
> of
> a segue.
>
>
>
> I do intend to go back and recheck the oil pump spacer but in the 
> meanwhile
> the idiot light goes off usually during cranking and I'm running at 20 PSI
> oil pressure at 2500 RPM on a brand new motor. An interesting point here 
> is
> that If I hadn't installed the oil pressure gauge during the build, the 
> oil
> light would be off and I'd never be any the wiser and that set me thinking
> (always a dangerous thing to do at my age!)
>
>
>
> Assuming for the moment that the engine is OK and the problem is with the
> oil pump, is it in fact OK to run with 20 PSI? Given that GM engineered 
> the
> oil pressure light to come on at about 5-6 PSI, then could one assume that
> anything over that is "good enough". Is it ?
>
>
>
> Put another way, 45 PSI of oil pressure sounds better than 35 PSI and that
> sounds better than 25 PSI and so on but does it really make any 
> difference -
> assuming that the motor is in good shape?
>
>
>
> Just curious..
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
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