oil spray on valvetrain

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May 27, 2007 | 11:19 AM

Ari G

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oil spray on valvetrain

Shoulden´t there be alot of alot of oil spray to the rockers?

i´m not getting any spray but i have good oil pressure,what could cause this?

May 27, 2007 | 02:47 PM

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at idle with a stock oil pump not going to be a lot of splashing around under there.

May 27, 2007 | 02:54 PM

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the oil comes up from the pushrods. when youre at hot idle 18-25psi isnt gonna do much other than coat them.

May 27, 2007 | 03:02 PM

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now if you have an unsuspecting friend watching, ask him to tell you if something weird is going on and revv the engine up

May 27, 2007 | 03:03 PM

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now if you have an unsuspecting friend watching, ask him to tell you if something weird is going on and revv the engine up

one time i did something like that with the radiator. i let the car cool, took the cap off and told him to look for bubbles. low and behold i start the engine and i see a fountain of coolant hit him

although this was intentional he never thought it was payback.

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