my neighbor pulled the motor out of his boat and got a vortec 350 for it. he didnt want to get a vortec intake for it so he got some new heads. tonight they were going to adjust the valves so they spun the oil pump with a drill to get the hydraulic lifters in running order. the drivers side push rods all have oil except one and the whol passenger side gets no oil. does anyone have any suggestions on what could be the problem? why would one side not get oil at all? he said he made sure no ports were blocked with the head gaskets.
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SBC oiling issue
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leadfoot067
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rotate the motor over while runnning the drill.....
Binder
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Possibly the oil port hole in the head gasket doesn't line up with the head. I hope he looked at it when installing the heads?
:Edit:...My above post is wrong. The oil doesn't go through the head gasket it goes up the push rods.......I was thinking steam holes and that's only on 400's.........:looser:
Carry on.............
:Edit:...My above post is wrong. The oil doesn't go through the head gasket it goes up the push rods.......I was thinking steam holes and that's only on 400's.........:looser:
Carry on.............
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leadfoot067
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i have in the past had it take up to 10 minutes to get oil to the rockers, if you havent achieved it then theres a oil galley problem somewhere...
CHOP SHOP
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you dont have oil coming out the back of the block do ya?
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If your using "only" a distributor shaft it will only lube one side of the lifter galley I use a Old distributor with the gear ground down that way it directs oil to the other side of the lifter galley.
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Here you go. pretty cheap
http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS/754806/10002/-1
Like I said I use a old distributor with the gear ground down and advance weights removed. Free:redneck:
http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS/754806/10002/-1
Like I said I use a old distributor with the gear ground down and advance weights removed. Free:redneck:
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On a side note what heads did he get?
yeah I figured out that the distributor had to be in to create enough back pressure in the oil galley to get the lifters oiling on teh passenger side. I feel retarded for not noticing it sooner but I've never even seen the top end of a SBC taken apart before. it turned out to be a good thing though cause they put the old cam from the boat in the vortec block and I didnt know that so now the vortec cam is back in and everything is all buttoned up. I'm not sure exactly what heads they are. he picked them up at the swap meet last weekend for 180 bucks and the guy still had the boxes for them even. all I know is they are from world products.
skinny_pedal
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if this is mercruiser engine, make sure he puts it in base time when setting timing or the computer will have it advanced
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