Hi guys.
Starting a two liter hydraulic valve engine first time. How soon should oil be showing up in the rocker arm area? I've run it maybe 20/30 seconds and there is no oil present. Normal or major bad?
No rocker arm area oil?
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Re: No rocker arm area oil?
Have you built oil pressure? Is your oil light on the dash functional? If you haven't, pulling the sender and plugs while cranking should help a ton. If the dash light is not functional, crank until oil pours up through the sender boss. Good luck
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Re: No rocker arm area oil?
Are you running the engine with the valve covers off? How else would you know that oil has not arrived at the rocker arm area?mentalQtip wrote:Hi guys.
Starting a two liter hydraulic valve engine first time. How soon should oil be showing up in the rocker arm area? I've run it maybe 20/30 seconds and there is no oil present. Normal or major bad?
Oil all the rocker shafts, washers, (circlips -Type 1) spacers and valve stems with engine oil from a squirt can to make sure that you do not damage anything.
Colin
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