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hemi priming question #1312633 09/29/12 10:20 PM 09/29/12 10:20 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California mickm OP master
mickm OP master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California	i have a thread about this in the questions section, but the title may not grab the attention that this will. i'm using an old 3/8" drill to prime the engine, and only getting oil to the pass side, and what appears to be the exhaust rocker shaft. the 4th journal on the cam is grooved, so it should get full time oil. there is plenty of oil dripping from the exhaust rockers, none from the intake, and nothing on the drivers side. now the drill is working hard and turning pretty slow. it was suggested that i get a better drill, which i will try. so a few questions: should i see oil from the intake rocker shaft as well? and any suggestions? i'll pull the rocker shaft on the passenger side if i don't see anything after using a better drill, but want to get some ideas as well.

Re: hemi priming question [Re: mickm] #1312634 09/29/12 11:02 PM 09/29/12 11:02 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	You have to rotate the engine in order for all the passages to get fed.

Re: hemi priming question #1312635 09/30/12 05:06 PM 09/30/12 05:06 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California mickm OP master
mickm OP master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California	the #4 cam journal is grooved all the way around. i see oil on the pass side head no matter where the crank is positioned.

Re: hemi priming question [Re: mickm] #1312636 09/30/12 06:31 PM 09/30/12 06:31 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 493 Arizona A az426john mopar
az426john mopar A Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 493 Arizona	Just an FYI. I tried priming my hemi after it had been rebuilt and had the same problem as you are experiencing. Additionally, I had a friend with the same problem. He completely tore his motor back down and found nothing wrong so he put it back together and the same issue occured. I tried every easy check pulled the drivers rockers put a rod down to make sure it was clear etc.. The bottom line in both cases is that we had to fire the motors to get oil up to the drivers side. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Re: hemi priming question [Re: az426john] #1312637 09/30/12 06:50 PM 09/30/12 06:50 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California mickm OP master
mickm OP master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California	Quote: Just an FYI. I tried priming my hemi after it had been rebuilt and had the same problem as you are experiencing. Additionally, I had a friend with the same problem. He completely tore his motor back down and found nothing wrong so he put it back together and the same issue occured. I tried every easy check pulled the drivers rockers put a rod down to make sure it was clear etc.. The bottom line in both cases is that we had to fire the motors to get oil up to the drivers side. Hope this helps. Good luck. i've heard that before, so wanted to really check this out before tearing things down. i had someone turn it over while i was priming, and i'm now getting oil to both sides, so i'm good. thanks!

Re: hemi priming question [Re: mickm] #1312638 09/30/12 07:16 PM 09/30/12 07:16 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: i had someone turn it over while i was priming, and i'm now getting oil to both sides, so i'm good. thanks! If this is with full time oiling any idea why it needed the extra addit'l turning/priming? live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: hemi priming question [Re: RapidRobert] #1312639 09/30/12 08:22 PM 09/30/12 08:22 PM
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JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,095 A Banana Republic near you.	Quote: Quote: i had someone turn it over while i was priming, and i'm now getting oil to both sides, so i'm good. thanks! If this is with full time oiling any idea why it needed the extra addit'l turning/priming? The groove in the cam is not very Big and I'm pretty sure the Hemi cam still has the oil passage thru it so the extra spray when the cam rotates helps . Hemi's use a large amount of oil up top and it's going to go on the path of least resistance .

Re: hemi priming question [Re: JohnRR] #1312640 09/30/12 10:44 PM 09/30/12 10:44 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: Hemi's use a large amount of oil up top and it's going to go on the path of least resistance. Yeah I forgot about the fact that twice as many shafts on a Hemi (having never owned nor worked on one) will take twice as much oil live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: hemi priming question [Re: RapidRobert] #1312641 10/01/12 02:17 AM 10/01/12 02:17 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California mickm OP master
mickm OP master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,179 California	who knows what it was? the hole may have been aligned for the passenger side, and so once it was full the small pressure of the oil from the groove was enough to get it dribbling out. but the groove was only slowly filling the drivers side, and then when hole was aligned for that side it filled it up. and it may have not been a hole alignment issue either, just enough priming. note some of the earlier posts about this. anyway, it's primed, oiled, and hopefully will be on the dyno soon! thanks for the help!

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