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#83053 09/17/2007 12:15 PM | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 156 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 156 | When I pulled the valve cover off my engine I found the overflow part of the oiler broken off and laying on top of the head. It is broken off at the top of the curve and the feedline up to the oiler is intact. There are a few things I can do but I want to do the best one. Should I look for a replacement and hope I get lucky, try getting the one I have repaired, ignore it and put what I have back in, pinch the overflow off and have all the oil run down the rocker shafts? This is the original low pressure system. What are your thoughts? | | |
#83054 09/17/2007 2:54 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | I've not specifically delt with this issue but since it's an overflow device and the break is essentially at the same place as the normal hole in the tube, it would stand to reason to me that leaving it as it is shouldn't cause any harm. Just make sure the oiling passageways into the rocker shafts are clean & open. Your rocker shafts should be full of oil befoe the oil gets to the opening anyway.
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#83055 09/17/2007 3:47 PM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 165 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 165 | Hi Jim, I have that oil connector NOS if you want one. E-mail me [email protected] I sent you a message also | | |
#83056 09/18/2007 2:49 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Without that tube the excess oil could spray all over the cover and possibly put excess oil around the valves. I got the scoop on the design from an old manual supplement that I picked up at a swapmeet. The little hole is to prevent oil siphoning and the clip is to stop dirt from getting in the hole and blocking it. I always wondered just exctly what these features were about. | | |
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