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| | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 75 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 75 | Project truck is a 1955 2nd series with a 235. Original block was bad so a 1957 block was aquired. The 55 head is being used because it was already back fron the re-builder. The '57 had a oil line that ran from the the top of the oil filter to the oposite side of the engine in the middle of the head. My question is do I need this line or does the '55 block have an internal passage to feed the valve train. Any help would be grateful. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 310 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 310 | They all have an internal passage to feed the rocker arms. Plug the hole with a pipe plug. It sounds like somebody before didn't know where to route the filter lines. The lines should run from the same passage the oil pressure line exits the block to the top side of the oil filter. And from the bottom middle of the filter to a passage near the middle bottom of the block. HTH.
-Tim
'51 Chevy 3104 w/'56 235, 848 Head, HEI Dizzy, Corvette Cam, Split Manifold and Dual Carter YF's
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 153 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 153 | Bob I am emailing you a side view picture of my engine.
My 1957 block also has a line like that to the head. There is another plug behind the side cover plate by the distributor. PO said that he wasn't getting enough oil through that passage so he added the line. Maybe I got "a line"?
How can I test that passage to see if it is blocked? Maybe I have the wrong head gasket or installed backwards?
This topic has me worried about my new purchase.
1946 Chevy Half Ton ('56 235, '86 T5, '79 Camaro Z28 rear end, working on the '85 Jaguar XJ6 IFS) 1976 Margay Panther X, MC91B | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 223 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 223 | I have seen these aftermarket (I believe), oil systems to pump additional oil to the top of the motor. Don't know if they are a good idea or not. The few that I have seen leaked and the owners generally pluged them off. Of course I would make sure that the stock oil system was working well before I did so.
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