IML: Need help from a 318 oil system guru!! Saint Dick perhaps???? Mike?? HELP!

[Jeff Ingraham <jeff_ingraham@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
   Here is my sad and lonely tale....
I have an 81 imp and i quite frankly don't remember
what the original problem was but in any event, I
decided or was told by whatever mechanic I was dealing
with at the time that it needed a valve job which I
did in about 1987ish....

Well.. when I got it all back together, the engine ran
perfectly HOWEVER  the drivers side of the engine did
not get any oil.  
I only ran it for a minute or 2 and tried to keep it
well oiled by squiring oil on the rocker arms as I was
trying to figure out the problem..
The pass side seemed to be getting plenty of oil but
NOTHING on the drivers side.
i could not figure it out and I had such a hard time
wrangling the exhaust manafold etc. putting it
together, that I was not looking forward to tearing it
right back apart.
Well..  Being a newlywed and not needing the car right
then, I pushed it in the back of the garage and have
not touched it till yesterday afternoon..
well.   I first tried to turn over the engine with a
breaker bar and it was initally stuck although with a
couple of good pulls, it came loose.
Then I pulled the head and I have been scratching my
head trying to figure out what the trouble was...
I was thinking I had put the head gasket on backwards
or the machine shop I used had blocked the ports or
something obvious was the problem.
No such luck..   the gasket only goes on one way due
to the pins.
The ports seem fine and I ran a coat hanger wire
through the 2 I found and they seem open.
Nothing seems obvious and I am scratching my head
wondering what the heck the problem could be which has
plagued me for the past 18 years!
here are my questions...

1. The cylinder walls now have a light bit of surface
rust on em.  Is that acceptable or should I clean em
up while I have it opened?  if so how?
2.  Any idea what the oil problem is likely to be????
3.  How many oil passages should be in the head?   i
only found 2 through where the centerish head bolts
go.
4.  is the oil pump possibly the problem??
Any words of wisdom for getting this poor old 318 back
together and well lubed again??

Thanks for any help you can offer!
jeff


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