I thought the crank needed to be hand-turned 1/4 at a time to allow the passages to line up while spinning the oil pump. Is that not the case?
mike --- Dennis McGillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The engine is a fully assembled crate 350 with > rockers in place. As you described, I expected to > see oil come from the pushrod-rocker interface. The > pump is being spun clockwise at a few hundred RPM. > Thanks, > Dennis McGillis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Herb Lumpp > To: Dennis McGillis ; The Chevelle Mailing List > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:07 PM > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Oil Flow In Rockers? > > > Yes you should see oil coming out of the little > hole at the pushrod seat on the rocker arm. If you > don't have the rockers in place and adjusted, the > oil is probably leaking out where the pushrod sits > in the lifter. Also make sure you're spinning the > oil pump in the right direction - small & big block > Chevy distributors spin clockwise. > > Herb Lumpp > http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dennis McGillis > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:58 PM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Oil Flow In Rockers? > > > I'm spinning the oil pump in anticipation of > starting my new 350 and there is no sign of oil flow > in the rocker arm area. Shouldn't oil come out of > the top of the pushrods? > Thanks, > Dennis McGillis > 1965 SS-350 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
