2003 monte carlo lack of oil to rocker arms

[monte2003ss]

i have a 2003 monte carlo ss 3800 with turbo

i went to install 1.6 Yella Terra aluminum roller rockers with push rods

i got them installed started car now i have very little flow to the rockers arms and number 5 intake rocker arm shoots oil across the Radiator support

i have Stattama Turbo #5

LS7 lifters

and double roller and 130 springs

new oil pump and oil pressure relief valve

i have 50 lbs of oil pressure

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[1quick]

How do you know they don't have much flow? We're the push rods oil restricted push rods that they came with, I would put the stock rockers back on anyway roller rockers the same ratio as stock will make less power than stock rockers

 

[smug]

Were all these parts added at once or was this just the rocker install? The very first time I had the rockers off my car the lifters bled down and on the first start I did not have much oil flow for a few minuets.

 

[monte2003ss]

i have the valve covers off . the push rods are not oil restricted. i ran car for about 20 minuets oil just shoots out of the number 5 intake rocker arm.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Well at least with it shooting out of cylinder number 5 at least the front main oil galley is getting oil my guess is is number 5 lifters check valve is leaking a bit but It should only dribble out eventually from the rocker arms it should not squirt as much as slowly flow.
If it's not the lifter plungers then more than likely you installed the pushrods upside down
one side will have striations those go towards the rocker the other side will have a small polished circle with oil coking around the edges that and goes to the lifter.
If you put the worn rocker side towards the lifter them yer oil is leaking out around the base instead of following up through the pushrod.
I'd highly suggest new if over 75/100k

 

[SleeperLS]

Buy my 1.8 yt's

 

[monte2003ss]

the lifters have less then 200 miles on them i took them out cleaned then and put them back together i was looking at the rocker arms i can not poke a wire through the hole could the rockers arms have a built in oil restriction? the push rods are new cleaned them to.

 

[Yaj Yak]

youve been having some goofy problems for a while it seems... http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/3800-discussion/58387-zzp-1-9-rocker-arms.html

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

the rocker arm oil hole and pushrod only line up when near base circle.

see if you can get a wire/needle through that #5 rocker, if you can with it but not the rest it may be there are machining burrs in the way and youll need to fix em.

iirc the yt have the knurled pressed in pushrod cups so its possible aluminum got curled over into the opening.

if the pushrods are brand new then they wouldnt bleed from being installed upside down like well worn rods

 

[monte2003ss]

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