So what are you sayin'............tear it apart? I leeet things soak a bit then pulled the distributor and spun it again. oil flew from the bolt gallys on both sides {rocker shafts removed} the oil that came up looked like what i poured down. I will know more when pan gaskets get here. Ill pull the pan to check the pick up and view the sludge. The book i have shows oil route. If oil moves freely up to the gallys at hold downs and freely through shafts, know will the lifters pump up?