No oil to left side rocker assembly?
I have recently just rebuilt my 318 after losing a lifter and cam lobe and was almost at the stage of dropping the engine into my car when I thought :-k...maybe I will stick a filter and some oil in it and prime the system while the engine is still on the stand so...prime prime prime, turn turn turn and the right side rocker assembly was gushing like an oily dream but the left side was as dry as the proverbial bone!
I removed the rockers an tried to feel my way into the oil passage with some wire but it was completely blocked about one inch inside and no amount of prodding and turning made any difference so...off with its head. I could get into the passage from the bottom but again not all the way so out came the drill. Just as I started drilling a large plug of rusty dusty STUFF gave way and was laying in a small pile on the bench, HOORAH! I thought, could this might have even been the cause of my original problem???
I quickly reinstalled the head and rocker assembly but guess what? still no freakin oil.
Using my trusty wire I can reach into both the holes in the cam shaft through the oil passage on the fourth journal as I rotate the engine but something is still not connecting.
my machine shop guy assures me that the bearings were all installed as they should have and he asked me to blow compressed air through everything just in case there was a small blockage anywhere but...nothing.
I guess my question is... is there anything else I can try or am I missing something before I remove all the timing gear and cam again to take a look at the bearings?
I am no expert here but just a casual enthusiast who loves every minute of it and finding another problem is just another way of hopefully learning something new.
THANK YOU!
Bobby.
I have recently just rebuilt my 318 after losing a lifter and cam lobe and was almost at the stage of dropping the engine into my car when I thought :-k...maybe I will stick a filter and some oil in it and prime the system while the engine is still on the stand so...prime prime prime, turn turn turn and the right side rocker assembly was gushing like an oily dream but the left side was as dry as the proverbial bone!
I removed the rockers an tried to feel my way into the oil passage with some wire but it was completely blocked about one inch inside and no amount of prodding and turning made any difference so...off with its head. I could get into the passage from the bottom but again not all the way so out came the drill. Just as I started drilling a large plug of rusty dusty STUFF gave way and was laying in a small pile on the bench, HOORAH! I thought, could this might have even been the cause of my original problem???
I quickly reinstalled the head and rocker assembly but guess what? still no freakin oil.
Using my trusty wire I can reach into both the holes in the cam shaft through the oil passage on the fourth journal as I rotate the engine but something is still not connecting.
my machine shop guy assures me that the bearings were all installed as they should have and he asked me to blow compressed air through everything just in case there was a small blockage anywhere but...nothing.
I guess my question is... is there anything else I can try or am I missing something before I remove all the timing gear and cam again to take a look at the bearings?
I am no expert here but just a casual enthusiast who loves every minute of it and finding another problem is just another way of hopefully learning something new.
THANK YOU!
Bobby.