Thread: Common Engine Building Mistakes

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

You are right about the distributer hole needing a block off to direct the oil in the right places. At first I thought our shop preluber might be not right, so I went to my shop at lunch time and loaned the guys mine that is set up specifically for Chevy engines.............did the same thing. You could be right about the pushrods being plugged, but no oil was getting through any of the 16 pushrods. Engine went back to Eagle and they are supposed to let me know what they found tomorrow am.

Don

i will bet you the front galley plugs were out .or they will not tell you how big was the cam ? with hi lift the stock gen 6 the stock lifters hang out of the bore the lifter oiling hole in the lifter body hangs out of the boreoil low you have a leak dumping top end oiling galley plugs or lifters that about it less the push rods have no holes in them even with thick lube a 90 hot or better day out oil will flow