ways to restrict oil to rockers

[fryedaddy]

i have way too much oil going to my rockers but i dont know how to restrict the flow.heads are bbm,and the inserts in the rocker holes interfere with putting jets in the holes.are they another way or could you just put a piece of medal in the hole to partly block it.oil is puddleing in my valve covers.its slinging oil like you never seen.i hope thats my smoking problem,i have tried everything else,i hope that will solve my issues.any ideas guys?

[fryedaddy]

i just took it for a small ride.it runs great and dont really smoke much,but its puddleing oil in the valve covers.i just removed my cj heads and pi intake,swapped out to bbm heads and rpm intake.man,what a seat of your pants difference in power.i am very pleased with this part of it,if i could only figure out this smoking issue

[57 lima bean]

http://fepower.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=4897.0

[fryedaddy]

is there any other way to restrict the oil to the rockers.my old cj heads i took off oiled just enough to get by,no splashing,slinging,just a few drops rolling along the shafts,now with the bbm heads,1 second with the valve cover off will oil down the whole engine bay

[jayb]

You can take a rod that fits the hole and file a flat on it, to let oil get by.  If the inserts for the rocker bolts are in the way, you might have to grind those a little, or maybe try turning them down.  The only other way is to put a restrictor in the deck of the block, but the heads have to come off in order to do that...

[fryedaddy]

You can take a rod that fits the hole and file a flat on it, to let oil get by.  If the inserts for the rocker bolts are in the way, you might have to grind those a little, or maybe try turning them down.  The only other way is to put a restrictor in the deck of the block, but the heads have to come off in order to do that...

thank you Jay,i might try putting something in as you described.

[Yellow Truck]

This is interesting. I put the oil restrictions under the rocker stands and my BBM heads are still flooded. I am running a high volume pump, but just turning the pump with a cordless drill emptied the pan.

Trying to figure out what exactly Jay just suggested, but if I can figure it out I may try it.

[jayb]

What I mean is to take a piece of steel or aluminum or brass rod that is the same diameter as the oil hole in the head, that comes up through the rocker bolt hole, cut it off to about 3/4" long, then file a flat along the length of the rod, to allow oil to pass by.  If there was no flat, the oil hole would be plugged.  You don't have to have much of a flat, remember that a 0.070" diameter hole in a Holley jet makes a good restrictor.

[Yellow Truck]

Got it. Thanks Jay. When I put the restrictors in one of them fell down into the passage, the other sat up fairly high. I can't say one head gets more oil than the other, the both get a LOT!

Is that oil passage the only way oil makes it up into the rockers and head area? I understood that the pushrods also push oil up. Can't see how, but I haven't made a study of it.

[jayb]

If your pushrods have oil holes through the middle of them, then yes, oil can get up to the rocker assembly through the pushrods.  FE's didn't come with oiling through the pushrods, so if yours have oil holes in them you might want to replace them.  That is, of course, unless your valvetrain is designed to oil through the pushrods, like the T&D race rocker setup.

[Yellow Truck]

My pushrods do have holes through them, I have the T&D setup, but not the racing version.

[rhinosoft]

I have the T&D setup as well, standard Street version.

Like you I had the rocker covers filling with oil so ended up blocking the head feeds and had no trouble since. I used a rivet of the correct size to block them, worked out ok but since then have taken heads off and had a threaded plug inserted.

Edit:: and the pushrods have holes in them too.

Graeme

[Stangman]

When I got my survival heads there was 1 thread blocking the hole for the restrictors, got very small file and cut a small groove and then got a sharp pair of dykes and grabbed the thread and it snapped off, it was alittle nerve racking, slow and dont panic

[fryedaddy]

great info,many good ways to do the same thing

[Yellow Truck]

I have the T&D setup as well, standard Street version.

Like you I had the rocker covers filling with oil so ended up blocking the head feeds and had no trouble since. I used a rivet of the correct size to block them, worked out ok but since then have taken heads off and had a threaded plug inserted.

Edit:: and the pushrods have holes in them too.

Graeme

Graeme,

Did you block them completely? I have restrictors under the rocker stands and I'm still getting flooded heads.