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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 07:57 AM
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my car: 02 camaro SS, forged rods and pistons. stock crank, cam. bolt ons
tuned to idle and nothing else.


heard a tapping noise near the top of the motor. pulled the valve covers and left the coils plugged in, no oil pressure up top, it shows to have oil pressure though. i was just wondering what everyones take on it is. and do you think this could have affected the way my car runs?
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Originally Posted by kokingSS
my car: 02 camaro SS, forged rods and pistons. stock crank, cam. bolt ons
tuned to idle and nothing else.


heard a tapping noise near the top of the motor. pulled the valve covers and left the coils plugged in, no oil pressure up top, it shows to have oil pressure though. i was just wondering what everyones take on it is. and do you think this could have affected the way my car runs?
Check your #7 exhaust rocker.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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we checked all the rockers and they are torqued properly. plus i mean there is no oil up to the rockers at all it seems like. when we did this on my buddies lt1 there was oil spurting. nothing on my motor.
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how much oil pressure do you have
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Did you clean the new pushrods good? There is a cleaning brush made especially for the oil hole. What pushrods?
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how much oil pressure do you have
at idle i have right around 20lbs. but when im driving i have between 40 and 60 always.
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Did you clean the new pushrods good? There is a cleaning brush made especially for the oil hole. What pushrods?
dunno if this matters but the push rods were new, and yes we soaked the rods in break clean befors we put them in.
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at idle i have right around 20lbs. but when im driving i have between 40 and 60 always.
20# at idle? Thats kinda low IMO.
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