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| | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 48 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 48 | Good Morning guys; Here is the latest word on my thread of no oil to the rockers; I ran the oil pump with a drill & I am getting oil out of the hole in the side of both of the end lifter bores but no other ones; Am I supposed to get oil coming in thru each one or should I have continued longer? The block numbers are F0405K& the number on the head is 3836848. There is no oil line in the lifter compartment. What now? I can send a picture if neccessry. Thx. Richard
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,061 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,061 | This sounds strange. I have not run the block numbers to see what engine you have, so I am assuming it is a 235, baed on the head numbers. You should have a line coming out of the block from in between the two center lifters that connects to the center connector for the rocker shaft. Oil should be pumped through this line and supply the front and rear sections of the rocker shaft. The inside of the shaft should be clean and oil should come out through a hole in each rocker. You need t get a shop manual and see where things connect and what you are missing.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 48 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 48 | HI Mike, There is no oil line, just a hole in the block. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,868 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,868 | If the lifters are not in place in the block there will be no way for the oil to get beyond the first lifter bore. That big groove around the center of a hydraulic lifter is how the oil gets from one bore to the next. Put a lifter into the first and last hole in the block, run the pump, and keep adding lifters two at a time. I'll bet you get oil flow all the way to the middle of the block that way. If you do, the problem with collapsed lifters is with the lifters, not the oil supply. "new" doesn't necessarily mean "good" and new 235 hydraulic lifters are notorious for failing to stay pumped up.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 48 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 48 | Yes I have done that now & have oil to all the lifters, However I have 4 lifters that I cannot manually pump up all the way & I still have no oil to the rockers. 😜 | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | I would recommend looking at my blog about rocker oiling (LINK)It is possible some one in the past plugged the original oil path and used a "Drilled Head Bolt"This is covered in my blog post. I also think it would be a good idea to look at my blog post "Understanding The 235 Hydraulic Lifter"
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