Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
STUPID QUESTION - 06/22/13 08:27 PM
I just had a BIG problem(big for me) with my new motor. I want to check and see if my oil pump is worrying,which way do iI spin it, clock-wise or counter clock-wise????
STUPID QUESTION
Posted By: Supercuda
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/22/13 09:00 PM
Same direction as the distributor.
BB - looking at the hex CCW
SB - looking at the hex CW
BB - looking at the hex CCW
SB - looking at the hex CW
Posted By: a12superbee
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/22/13 09:04 PM
When you pull the drive out make sure you didn't twist the tip off of the shaft.
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/22/13 10:15 PM
Dist. and bronze gear out,now just want to make sure my oil pump is working. Brand new motor with maybe 5 miles on it doesn't have oil pressure. I found a BIG problem, on drivers side,a rocker adjuster broke and on pass side, a rocker adjuster nut came off and both are in my motor. Will be taking the intake off next week.
Posted By: Twostick
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/22/13 11:34 PM
If it spit a lifter out of it's bore in the process, that's where your oil pressure might have went.
Kevin
Kevin
Posted By: RapidRobert
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 12:39 AM
Quote:X2, since you wouldn't lose psi just from the rocker nut(s) coming apart. I'm thinking you shut it down when the cyls started acting up & that'd of saved it from the no oil psi damage. retrieve the parts/solve the rocker issue & you'll likely come out of this in good shape. It was not a dumb Q. What eng? I'd fix the rockers then preoil with a 5/16" hex with the crank turned to the 2 seperate sweet spots to confirm the heads are oiling plus what you see on your gauge. The big problem/issue/question mark is what happened to the rocker assys'
If it spit a lifter out of it's bore in the process, that's where your oil pressure might have went. Kevin
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 01:53 AM
Its a 360. I must have shut it off right in time because it didn't make any loud noises and sounded ok.
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 02:16 AM
Ok guys......just went out to prime the motor to see what happens. The oil pressure kept going up and down. It jumped to 20 and then stayed at 10. The pass side had oil coming out of the head but none out of the drivers side.
The drivers side has the broken adjuster and the pass side has the missing adjuster nut.
The drivers side has the broken adjuster and the pass side has the missing adjuster nut.
Posted By: RapidRobert
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 02:26 AM
Quote:(1) the leak still ain't plugged (2) need to turn the crank with a 1&1/4" socket/breaker bar till you hit the spot where the dr head oils but first cap the leak
The oil pressure kept going up and down. It jumped to 20 and then stayed at 10. The pass side had oil coming out of the head but none out of the drivers side.
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 02:47 AM
I don't understand when you say, The leak isn't plugged yet???
Posted By: RapidRobert
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 02:56 AM
Drill priming or even hand priming will kick up far in excess of the 10lbs you are showing. Either a lifter is out of its' bore or a gallery plug is missing or there's an issue on the suction side (pickup/pump regulator)
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 03:07 AM
Everything is new in the motor and everything was fine. It usually has 70lbs but the other day,idling in my garage it had 0.
Posted By: rowin4
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 03:26 AM
The lifter popped out when the push rod dropped off. Don't try running it until you find the problem. NO OIL PRESSURE means NO OIL !!!!!!!! 
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 03:38 AM
Oh,I'm NOT running it!!!!!! I find it hard to believe that a roller lifter that is connected to another roller lifter can come out of the bore. Unless the bar broke.
Posted By: RapidRobert
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 04:06 AM
Didn't know it was roller lifters. Mike, holler what it ends up being
Posted By: Dodgem
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 04:09 AM
I kicked a roller lifter out last year and it stayed up above the oil hole (bar bent a bit) and had 0 oil pressure so it can happen!
Posted By: ek3
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 04:27 AM
I have run in to a a case where I lost all oil pressure suddenly on [forgive me ] a 355 chev. racing engine . during a qualifiying lap it dropped from 70 lbs to 0 . i came in and we checked it over .it would go up and down when reved to only about 10 lbs... turned out to be an imploaded oil filter . happened several times . I had to use an Oberg screen system and not over a 20-50 race oil to control it . 
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: STUPID QUESTION - 06/23/13 05:06 AM
Will do Robert. Dodge,Were you racing it or driving your car when it happened??? My duster was idling in the garage. Not saying it couldnt happen idling but sounds weird if it did. Im wondering now if the broken rocker adjuster could have cause the lifter bar to bend or break???