I was adjusting my roller rockers after installing a new set of lifters and there wasn't but a drop at a time coming out the pushrods. Even when at 2-3000 rpms there was just a trickle. How much should there be? I a running German Castrol with 20 lbs pressure at idle.

 

That's not enough. Do you get more pressure when ya use a different oil?Or filter?

 

Not enough pressure or not enough oil? Cold startup is about 58 lbs. I just checked on the way home and with the new oil it's staying at about 30 lbs at hot idle.

 

What type and brand? What weight was the German brand?

 

German Castrol is 0w30. Running a Baldwin B-6 filter (longer than stock by about an inch).

 

there wont be much oil coming out of the pushrod at idle. especially when you first get things going. even with 40 psi oil pressure it will still take the oil 20-30 seconds, on average, to come through the pushrods. the pushrods do not have a direct feed from the oiling system. the pushrod only feeds off of the oil that the lifter recieves through it's oiling hole. so really, the pushrods have more of a secondary oiling. on top of the head doesn't require much oil anyways. only the rocker arm rollers and pivots need oil and the springs will require some for cooling. higher rpm's is when lots of oil starts to push throughthe pushrods. and even then, it's not really that much. i would think you are perfectly fine

 

What did ya change to?

 

make sure you read what i wrote previously...there's probably nothing wrong

 

My engine has only 60K on it. I just did an Auto-RX flush using penz 5w30. That's the oil that gave me 20 lbs hot at idle just before I changed it. Just switched back to GC and have around 30 lbs at hot idle. I think the oil is fine. Just wondering what volume of oil should be coming up the pushrods. There's absolutely no mess even at 3000 rpms with the valve covers off, barely a trickle.

 

Thought ya said in your original pose ya was running the German Castrol and only had 20psi at idle and then ya changed it and got 10 more psi,what gives. Can't help if I don't know what is going on.
Not a mess with the covers off at 3000.O well, it sounds like it ain't got enough oil pressure to put it up there or volume,as I said originally.

 

Confusing, yes. I hadn't noticed the pressure since I changed the oil. I assumed it was the same but it isn't.

 

What did ya change to and what is the pressure now?

 

from above,

 

I changed all my valvetrain 3 weeks ago and mine did the samething.........I have about 10,000 miles on my motor (fairly new).

 

mother of god. lt1's only require around 6 psi at idle to be acceptable, and thats pretty bad. 20-25psi of oil pressure at a hot idle for an lt1 is very typical. nothing wrong with your pressure....i repeat, nothing wrong with your pressure. like i said earlier, the pushrods do not recieve oil directly from the oiling system, rather it feeds off of what the lifter recieves. it's not going to gush out most of the time. u can check for dirt in the pushrods or something, but the pressure is fine. as long as some oil gets there to do its little job, it'll be fine. the rockers are not a major lubrication point anyways