Yeah fun stopped a long time ago. This is just totally infuriating, having 10+ leaking head studs, no oil to the top of the engine, and in my opinion what are 5 "ruined" rocker arms. They weren't that way when I bought them, they aren't all like that, therefore IMO they're ruined.

 

Here's the best stuff to seal the bolts with. http://www.jegs.com//cgi-bin/ncommer...21&prmenbr=361
I have a tube if you're interested. Just email me.

On another note. Did you prime the oil pump to the point of getting oil up to the rockers before you started the engine?

Did you soak the rockers for 1/2 hour before assembling them?

Dave

 

Not sure if the rockers were soaked before assembly, I didn't do the assembly on it.

As for priming, I was told to pull the spark & fuel, crank til I got oil pressure, then start it which I did...

 

You should have poured some oil over the valvetrain before putting the valve covers on. If you did not clean out the heads before taking those pics, it looks like there was no oil getting to the rockers.

 

I think the lack of oil maybe some what normal it took forever for mine to start oiling the top. I just left it running with the valve covers off and dumped oil on the top end until it was lubing itself.

 

I didn't time it, but when I did the Crane 1.6RR's [and I changed springs, but not pushrods or lifters, but did blow out/clean the pushrods] it took what seemed like forever to get oil to flow.. I had left valve covers off to make sure valve adj was OK and to make sure all 16 'oiled'... It took about 3-5 minutes idling to start 'oiling'..
I dribbled oil over them to keep things lubed..
That top end looks awful dry..

 

Possible that the your lash is set too tight. I had very little oil when I was too far past 1/4 lash. When I set them back to 0 lash + 1/4 turn I had a minor amount of oil at idle up top (a steady trickle) and it would shoot oil when revved.

 

I just talked to the builder on the phone, he said something doesn't sound right, and the only thing he can really do is go through the engine and find out what is wrong with it (as well as resealing all the thread studs ).

He's going to set something up with a local freight shipment point for me to drop the engine off at and he's going to go through the thing and find out what's wrong when it gets there.

It's going to cost me a bit more time/hassle/aggravation pulling this thing out again, but, at least he's making right on it and going to fix everything for me...nice to see someone stand behind his work!

Tonight's going to be a long night. I want to have it pulled tonight and on the engine stand again that way I can drop it off tomorrow and have it on it's way up there over the long weekend while I'm gone.

This thing's a pain in the ***.

Worst.
Project.
Ever.

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I asked about the oil filter and valve lash but I guess at this point it's best to tear it down and make sure there's no serious problems, or damage done internally.

 

Is your Oil Pressure sensor plugged in? If im not mistaken if the circuit is OPEN it will cause the gauge to read infiniti...

Also, are you sure you put in enough oil? Your Low Oil light is on in the video....Maybe you couldnt plug it in due to your longtubes tho

Cody