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01-13-2012, 08:07 AM
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By design some cam/lifter combo's make it very difficult, if not near impossible to get oil to all the rocker arms simply by running the drill and turning the engine a few times.
I've ran into this more in recent years as we are using more custom cam profiles with smaller base circles, custom flat solid set-ups, and retrofitting to hydraulic and solid roller stuff. It's not really a big deal, as long as you make sure the oil band on the lifters is correctly located during engine assembly. Many lifters are also metered, as I found out when using the Crower HIPPO lifters for the first time. We gave up trying to get oil to the rockers first time we used them, but they do a fine job in actual use of controlling oil to the top of the engine. +1 on assembly lube, if you are going to wash it all into the pan with the drill anyhow.....Cliff
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