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Re: 1979 chevy 305 low oil pressure at idle!?!?!
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2015, 08:42:12 pm »
Man!  The entire country is washing away while California looks like a dried grape!  No puns, please....

You might also check for a cracked plug porcelain when you get the opportunity.
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Re: 1979 chevy 305 low oil pressure at idle!?!?!
« Reply #31 on: July 29, 2015, 09:47:30 am »
Red or green grape? Lol
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Re: 1979 chevy 305 low oil pressure at idle!?!?!
« Reply #32 on: July 29, 2015, 06:29:33 pm »
it sound like the driver side has a valve out of adjustment or missing just a hair, I'm gonna double check the valves, then spark plugs then timing again
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Re: 1979 chevy 305 low oil pressure at idle!?!?!
« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2015, 11:48:27 pm »
update, found why i could idle it down but when you gave it gas it would idle back up to 1000. my quadrajet carb base plate throttle shaft is worn and has a huge vacuum leak, you couldn't hear it until you were under the hood and wiggled/moved the throttle. looks like i will be sending my base plate off to cliffs performance to put bushings in for the throttle shaft, thank you guys for yalls help
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Re: 1979 chevy 305 low oil pressure at idle!?!?!
« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2015, 02:06:39 am »
Welcome
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Re: 1979 chevy 305 low oil pressure at idle!?!?!
« Reply #35 on: July 31, 2015, 01:43:20 pm »
Glad you got her figured out
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Re: 1979 chevy 305 low oil pressure at idle!?!?!
« Reply #36 on: August 02, 2015, 01:24:24 pm »
now i jus gotta ship it to get it rebuilt and it should be running smooth
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