I have the valve cover in place, just not torqued all the way down. It does
leak a bit, but not to bad. While I was adjusting the valves with the engine
running, it threw a great deal of oil around. I have a hard time believing top
end doesn't get enough oil. If your top end isn't getting enough oil, your lower
end must be pretty worn, and your oil pressure pretty low.
Allen Nugent wrote:
> Roger,
>
> At 10:29 1/04/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >You have hit the preverbal needle on the head. I do not have the valve cover
> >tightened down. It is only resting of the three studs which hold it down.
>
> Good thing it didn't start: you'd be amazed how much oil can spray out of an
> untightened valve cover! (I was.)
>
> Allen Nugent
> Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
> University of New South Wales
> Sydney 2052 Australia
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