all new BBM Block and heads but, no oil coming up to pass side rockers ?

[Stangman]

balls

[blykins]

The motor is in the car and I was just about to drop the dist. in it and get it fired up.

Thanks

I'm sorry to hear that. 

This is why I *always* prime the oil pump while the engine is still on the stand and always do it before the intake goes on.   I've been bitten too many times by lifter issues and other oiling issues to wait. 

[SAcobra427]

Ya know its funny, the only reason I didnt prime it prior to putting it in the car is for the now dumb reason was I have to install the Cobras oil temp gauge into the 8 qt. pan which meant I would have to drain the oil back out so it would not come flooding out when I removed the plug for the gauge to install the sending unit which is a mechanical gauge and the sender is attached and cant be removed from the gauge. Really seems like a dumb idea now.
 Im going to pull the intake and head tonight and see whats going on in there 

[ch3no2]

Ya know its funny, the only reason I didnt prime it prior to putting it in the car is for the now dumb reason was I have to install the Cobras oil temp gauge into the 8 qt. pan which meant I would have to drain the oil back out so it would not come flooding out when I removed the plug for the gauge to install the sending unit which is a mechanical gauge and the sender is attached and cant be removed from the gauge. Really seems like a dumb idea now.
 Im going to pull the intake and head tonight and see whats going on in there 

If you put your shop vac on the breather in the valve cover and turn it on, when you pull the oil plug no oil will come out. I have done this lots of times to fix a.leaky oil plug.

[SAcobra427]

OK well I pulled the intake and head and I try and prime it and still no oil, I mean I let it run for at least 45 to 60 seconds, gauge reading 100psi ( I plugged the drivers side head ) then I go look at the head gasket again and nothing looks out of order. Now Im figuring something is blocking it like a cam bearing not installed properly maybe like Brent suggested. I go back over to it and pull the roller lifters out most of the way from cyl # 3 and it makes some slight gurgling sounds from the oil on the lifter and lifter bore Im guessing. I go to prime it again and in like 5 seconds I have oil coming out of the block now ?!?! I probably had a total of at least 10 min of priming time along with rotating the engine at the same time too. I just cant figure out what the hell was going on but it pumps the oil just like the other side now.

[feadam]

I have kinda the same setup in my cobra interested in what you found

[SAcobra427]

I can only think that it was somehow air bound, cant come up with any other real reason ?? The engine builder said that he has had this happen on big block chevys but never on an FE. The fact that once the oil did start coming out of the hole it was just clean oil, no blob of anything or piece of anything came out with the oil.

[feadam]

Is head and intake back on and it works

[SAcobra427]

Got the head back on and torqued and I still have oil coming out of the head so im sure ill be good to go now !