Recent content by Mooch42

Yeah I see that it is a old post. But I haven't seen anything on how the problem was fixed

Did you figure out what the problem was? I am having the same issue

Did you figure out your problem? I am fighting the same issue

It is a hydrologic flat tappet cam and lifters

It has crane gold roller rockers everything up top seems fine

I'm not even sure I can get the pan off with the motor in the car.. Ugh

So would you drop the pan first or check to see if the galley plugs are in place under the cam thrust plate? I'm being told if those are not there oil pressure will be low when it warms up

My anxiety is through the roof..lol

I only ran it long enough to bring the pressure up to 50psi. I didn't turn the engine over while priming. I'm thinking if it's a galley plug it would be one behind the cam thrust plate

Add it to my list of things to check..lol

Maybe on a engine that has some time on it but not a fresh motor with all brand new internals that hasn't even gone through the break in period.

I broke the cam in using 10/30 I switched to 20/50 to see if it helped but the oil pressure stayed the same. Intake and the timing cover comes off next I'm gonna make sure the galley plugs are behind the thrust plate. If that checks out I'm guessing I will change out the oil pump

No I just ran it until I had good oil pressure

The motor has less than 3hrs run time so the oil pump isn't worn out. I'm hoping the machine shop didn't mess up the clearances. The problem is this engine sat never ran for 10yrs so the machine shop isn't helping me. I primed the oil pump with a drill before starting it. Then ran it to breakin...

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