Hi, Mark
I agree it's important to ensure all your 'oles are properly lined up - and
finding out they aren't can be an expensive lesson. That said, my earlier
post (perhaps mistakenly) assumed all the proper alignment checks would be
done during a rebuild. The oil feed for the four cylinder SC engine is
basically the same as on the 6 cyl versions as well.
Cheers, John
----- Original Message -----
From: <haynes386@netzero.com>
To: <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Head colour, aux oil
>
> Jon- While it is true in 99% of the cases that an auxiliary oil feed line
is not necessary, there are times when it is. Case in point, 1296s have the
oilfeed for the top end as an adjunct to the rear cam bearing (it runs to
the cam and then to the rockers). The holes are not symmetrical and if the
rear cam bearing is not installed so that BOTH holes are open, the rockers
WILL starve without an auxiliary oil feed line. Don't ask how I know
this...It was painful.
> Mark Haynes
> RMVR 162
>
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