Corvair Forum

Well, over 6 months of trying to figure it out and I finally had two solutions. I don't know which solved it. I watched a Larry Claypool video on the oil pump idler shaft leaking. He mentioned that stock pump clearance was .002 - .004. Then stated, "Any more than that and you won't have oil pressure ...

Boy, I sure got a lot of bathroom reading from that post. Thanks to all. I live in Southern Colorado and those of you who do, or have been here, know that directions to anywhere start with, "You take xxxxxx Pass..." My base elevation is 9000' and I go up from there. Most of my driving is in the '64 ...

Thanks for all the tips. I failed, in my first post, to mention that I confirmed the pressures with a mech gage. Also, the rebuild included a new Clark's hi flow pump and valve. The idiot light does come on before start. It has a new bulb (also new complete harness). I'm running Valvoline 20-50 with ...

'64 164 cid just back from machine shop. new cam, new brgs, new rings, freshly bored +20, crank polished, reworked heads My problem is: cold start w/ elect oil gage I get 80-85 # pressure running warm at speed I get 40-45 # But at idle it drops off to almost nothing on gage, but idiot light does not ...