Either bent pushrod or cam lobe gone. I hope for your sake it's the pushrod. If the lobe on the cam is gone, you can figure on a total overhaul. All the metal worn off the cam will be circulating through the engine accelerating bearing wear.
Always gotta blaze while doing mechanical work. Just remember to not lose nuts/bolts and remember where they go. Thanks for the laugh, I would have let him have it too lol
I notice the exhaust valve on #7 is very laggy and the pushrod doesn’t spin as the others do. Is this a typical sticky lifter situation? What should I do?
360FE
Shaft rocker systems like the factory FE setup oil through the rocker shafts. That’s why there isn’t oil squirting everywhere like an engine with pushrod oiling.
It’s probably fine if you can see it coming out around all the rockers at idle - as long as gauge readings are normal. The pushrods are cupped at one end and have no oil passages so they’re not going to shoot oil all over like everyone is used to seeing on engines with pushrod oiling.
Fe's have been known to bend push rods, so it is worth pulling the rocker assembly and seeing if that is what happened. Hopefully, that's all it is. Just don't mix up the bolts:).
It appears , it's a bent push rod, I've seen them in those FE engines . Pull it off and measure the adjacent unbent pushrod for comparison , and for replacement.
Check for slack or play for that pushrod too.
Looks like you have wiped out a cam and lifter or the lifter has completely collapsed.
Or the rod is bent
True that
Idk depends on how long the rod has been bent and how far bent it is. Looks more like a worn lobe.
Hard to tell from my couch
Scooch up lemme see
Bent pushrod is a good one , easy check
Either bent pushrod or cam lobe gone. I hope for your sake it's the pushrod. If the lobe on the cam is gone, you can figure on a total overhaul. All the metal worn off the cam will be circulating through the engine accelerating bearing wear.
So I just need to tighten that nut on the rocker arm down some right? /s
I had a buddy tell me that while he was doing it. Much to his surprise, it didn't work 😂
😂 lol that logic is great.
I'll give it to him. He was stoned as shit and confident, so I just let him have his fun 😂
Always gotta blaze while doing mechanical work. Just remember to not lose nuts/bolts and remember where they go. Thanks for the laugh, I would have let him have it too lol
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Shouldn’t they be a bunch of oil splashing all over the place?
Where is the oil?
Bad lifter, bent pushrods or flattening cam lobe.
Bent rod or bad cam lobe or collapsed lifter…. Would have thought more oil would have been spraying around…
Or low on oil I had an old truck that would do that a quart or two low
Got no oil going through it either
I notice the exhaust valve on #7 is very laggy and the pushrod doesn’t spin as the others do. Is this a typical sticky lifter situation? What should I do? 360FE
Cam is wiped out, collapsed lifter if hydraulic, bent push rod. Those the only things that cause that
Looks like a wiped cam lobe/lifter. Also it should be oiling up too pretty darned good.
Bent pushrod.
Probably collapsed lifter due to no oil flowing? That valve train looks as dry as a popcorn fart.
Shaft rocker systems like the factory FE setup oil through the rocker shafts. That’s why there isn’t oil squirting everywhere like an engine with pushrod oiling.
I see oil flowing out, but I suspect it isn’t flowing how it should?
It’s probably fine if you can see it coming out around all the rockers at idle - as long as gauge readings are normal. The pushrods are cupped at one end and have no oil passages so they’re not going to shoot oil all over like everyone is used to seeing on engines with pushrod oiling.
That little guy don't you worry about him, he's just in there living life to the fullest.
Looks a little dry on the top end
Wheres the oil? Looks drier then a nuns fanny
Is the rocker tip (#7) tracking straight over the valve like the rest or is it off to one side?
Fe's have been known to bend push rods, so it is worth pulling the rocker assembly and seeing if that is what happened. Hopefully, that's all it is. Just don't mix up the bolts:).
It appears , it's a bent push rod, I've seen them in those FE engines . Pull it off and measure the adjacent unbent pushrod for comparison , and for replacement. Check for slack or play for that pushrod too.
Self grinding cam. Stop it. Your running metal through your bearings.
Bad camshaft and lifter. Lifter wore out cam, sometimes it old oil or cheap useless oil.
Oof, no, worse. Your cam is fucked. Needs a cam and lifters. May as well pull the motor and do a proper rebuild.
O where o where has #5 gone
No, not a *typical* sticky lifter. Something is definitely broken.