383 Stroker No Oil To Most Rockers

[eg30.06]

hey all, I finally finished my 33 stroker build for my truck. I went to prime the oil system but I am only getting oil out of cylinders 378 at the rockers.unfortunately I already installed intake manifold so I can't pull that off to see if I have oil leaking past the lifters. Any ideas before I go in remove the intake manifold?

 

[grampadirt]

How long did you prime/spin the oil pump? Took almost five minutes for my big block to where I thought there was good oil flow to all rocker arms and springs.BTW I used a cordless 18v Ryobi drill at max speed.

Are you spinning it clockwise?

 

[TylerZ281500]

^ what he said i stripped apart an old broekn dizzy and put it on the end of a drill and went to down for a few minutes, make sure to be comfy and cozy and just go to town, are your rockers tightened properly and not overly tight or too loose?

 

[eg30.06]

^ what he said i stripped apart an old broekn dizzy and put it on the end of a drill and went to down for a few minutes, make sure to be comfy and cozy and just go to town, are your rockers tightened properly and not overly tight or too loose?

I drilled for a couple minutes only in the morning I'll try again. I tighten the rocker nuts to zero lash plus a half a turn. I have hydraulic roller lifters. I did end up pulling the intake manifold off as well and started drilling and I noticed that there was a little bit of oil coming up between the lifter and the dog bones on one or two of the lifters but not much. I suppose a little bit would be normal but not how much exact.

 

[TylerZ281500]

did you prime the lifters before setting them? usually i just get the pushrod till it has ever so slight resistance on it and do my 1/4-half turn, then when running back them off til chatter and retighten and redo my 1/4-1/2 turn or whatever it seems to like.

 

[bygddy]

What are you using to prime?
Without a collar on the shaft your not going to get oil across both sides. Buy a priming tool or a cut down dist leaving the grooved collar at the bottom of the shaft.

 

[eg30.06]

did you prime the lifters before setting them? usually i just get the pushrod till it has ever so slight resistance on it and do my 1/4-half turn, then when running back them off til chatter and retighten and redo my 1/4-1/2 turn or whatever it seems to like.

I soaked them in oil prior to install but that was a month ago.

What are you using to prime?
Without a collar on the shaft your not going to get oil across both sides. Buy a priming tool or a cut down dist leaving the grooved collar at the bottom of the shaft.

I am using a priming tool with the collar. the same one I used when I built my big block and I had oil in less than a minute. I do notice a good amount of oil coming up between the collar but I'm not sure on how much is acceptable.

 

[TylerZ281500]

so priming it with that collar it doesnt bring anything up? is your pickup angled properly?

 

[eg30.06]

so priming it with that collar it doesnt bring anything up? is your pickup angled properly?

It does pump just not to all the rockers. I see a lot of oil coming up between the collar and the lifter valley though. My pickup is good I checked it will putty.

 

[TylerZ281500]

im at a loss then, theres no debri in any of your pushrods or anything? keep priming the piss out of it perhaps?

possible bad pump?