Good news is, it runs! Bad new is no oil to top of engine.
I ran it about 30 seconds and shut down due to clattering of rockers that didn't stop. Pulled covers and found no oil. I squirted oil on all moving parts and put valve covers back on and ran again. Getting 30 lbs of pressure at 2,000 rpms but after running it a good minute or longer, still no oil. I decided to stop and ask the experts.
I oil primed it before starting it using an old distributor and a priming tool and got 40 lbs cold. (later after running it dropped to 30 as mentioned above) This is the 3rd engine I've done and I never had any luck getting oil to come out of push rods using just a drill so I didn't even bother trying this time. I just ran it for about 2 minutes and rotated engine a few turns and let it at that.
I Googled this problem and it seems to be common enough however there seems to be many answers or replies given too. One guy said it took 4 minutes of running until oil came to the top. I'm afraid to run that long unless you guys say it's ok.
This engine is all stock and I'm using a new stock type oil pump. When I assembled the engine, I ran pump with drill until oil came up though all the lifters so I know it's getting that far. (or it was last year anyway!) Took a few minutes but I watched the oil start to flow from the back ones to the front. (same as the 454's I did)
Been running a bad streak lately. Was going to do the fireup yesterday, put 2.5 gallons of gas in tank and THEN noticed it running out from the bottom of the rocker panel!!! Didn't leak when it was out. !@#@! That was it, I put the fire up on hold, BAD OMEN and just wasn't feeling it after that mess. Later I thought I'd prime the oil a bit and quickly found the oil line was broken so shooting oil came from that! (mess) Now today I have this problem...
I feel like I'm losin' my mojo.
HELP!!!
I ran it about 30 seconds and shut down due to clattering of rockers that didn't stop. Pulled covers and found no oil. I squirted oil on all moving parts and put valve covers back on and ran again. Getting 30 lbs of pressure at 2,000 rpms but after running it a good minute or longer, still no oil. I decided to stop and ask the experts.
I oil primed it before starting it using an old distributor and a priming tool and got 40 lbs cold. (later after running it dropped to 30 as mentioned above) This is the 3rd engine I've done and I never had any luck getting oil to come out of push rods using just a drill so I didn't even bother trying this time. I just ran it for about 2 minutes and rotated engine a few turns and let it at that.
I Googled this problem and it seems to be common enough however there seems to be many answers or replies given too. One guy said it took 4 minutes of running until oil came to the top. I'm afraid to run that long unless you guys say it's ok.
This engine is all stock and I'm using a new stock type oil pump. When I assembled the engine, I ran pump with drill until oil came up though all the lifters so I know it's getting that far. (or it was last year anyway!) Took a few minutes but I watched the oil start to flow from the back ones to the front. (same as the 454's I did)
Been running a bad streak lately. Was going to do the fireup yesterday, put 2.5 gallons of gas in tank and THEN noticed it running out from the bottom of the rocker panel!!! Didn't leak when it was out. !@#@! That was it, I put the fire up on hold, BAD OMEN and just wasn't feeling it after that mess. Later I thought I'd prime the oil a bit and quickly found the oil line was broken so shooting oil came from that! (mess) Now today I have this problem...
I feel like I'm losin' my mojo.
HELP!!!