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Pop the valve covers and filter, pull the distributor and prime it and see where all you have oil moving. There’s good advice mentioned above |
I wouldnt start it again until you get oil up on top of the heads, is this an MPI motor ?.....pull the the dist. get a priming shaft tool and a 1/2 drill and see if you can get the oil to move, there may be an air pocket in the pickup oil pump causing it to cavitate. pickup to close to the pan ?
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Originally Posted by AllDodge
(Post 4627060)
Shouldn't need push rods, but if you get a good set of lifters now, you can use them in the rebuild next year or so
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Originally Posted by sutphen 30
(Post 4626921)
I'd look at the filter head,make sure oil comes out on the outside of the pad and goes back in the center.what lifters did you use and where did they come from.
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Originally Posted by Griff
(Post 4626893)
There should not be a lot of oil on top of the heads. It flows up the pushrods and then drains back down.
You might just have a rocker arm that needs another 1/4 turn. |
Originally Posted by F-2 Speedy
(Post 4627073)
I wouldnt start it again until you get oil up on top of the heads, is this an MPI motor ?.....pull the the dist. get a priming shaft tool and a 1/2 drill and see if you can get the oil to move, there may be an air pocket in the pickup oil pump causing it to cavitate. pickup to close to the pan ?
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you reused the old pickup ? typically those are braised or tig welded in place
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Originally Posted by Dutchboy
(Post 4627226)
Right on, I'll get a set, what do you think about the lunati 72920-16? I live literally 1.5 miles from summit racing in Arlington tx.
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Originally Posted by F-2 Speedy
(Post 4627242)
you reused the old pickup ? typically those are braised or tig welded in place
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Originally Posted by Dutchboy
(Post 4627246)
yes I was unaware that I would need to change it
Here is the one that should have been in the motor Genuine Mercury & Mercruiser parts. 827643 PUMP ASSY-OIL Genuine OEM Mercury Marine-Mercruiser part Others do make a good point that maybe a rocker nut is coming loose or a stud is starting to extract. It is just a light ticking correct? |
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