Thread: Oil problem on 390FE

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G'day, I have a 63 gal with a mild 390 and I have run into a rather large hickup..

This motor has a hydralic cam and lifters, alloy intake (streetmaster 390) Its a 352 block but measures 406.. Cast iron heads with a bit of porting done.

I recently fitted a set of standard rockers in place of a set of adjustables reason being the jam nuts were flogged out and I couldnt find any. Anyway I know the posts on both sets are identical (alloy) and there is only a difference in the bolts that hold them down ie. 2 oiling bolts out of 8 and if you have them in the right place you cant go wrong.

I had them dipped in a tank for a day so they would be clean and there would be no blockages and when I bolted them down no oil would come out of them?.. Even when the motor was running (manually oiling them) I dont get it.

So now I have them pulled down inspecting them but havent come across anything obvious, only that the posts were as tight as hell on the shaft... Could this mean that the rocker post was not quite lined up with the rocker shaft and cutting off oil around the oiling bolt? Hmmm, I dont think so, not with both sides anyway. The shafts are clean, you can play them like a flute..

Any ideas would be really good!!!