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420a oil flow question! NEED HELP!

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goldeninja20

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Dec 5, 2010
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Well today i took off my valve cover to replace the gasket. While i had the valve cover off, i turned the motor over, by trying to start it. I only saw oil flow out of two spots. The back left (near the cam gear) and the front right. Should it be flowing out in more spots, i thought it was supposed to flow out of the front left, too. I need help asap, i should fix this problem if that is it.
 
Are there any scoring on the cams that looks like lack of oil? The oil might not squirt out like you are expecting it, normally the oil is thrown by the cams spinning at double the speed of the crankshaft. Pics would help us determine if you have a problem or not.
 
no. the cams look perfect but I am having a massive lifter tick when its cold. but all the lifters are hard as rocks, none are failing. when I had the valve cover off, my dad was turning the motor over( by trying to start it). I only saw oil flow out of the cam cap on the front right , where you put the anaerobic sealer, and the back left cam cap, also where you put anaerobic sealer. the same hole that it is flowing out of in the back right, there seems to be the same exact kind.of hole in the front left, on the cam gear side, but there is no oil flowing out of this one. Is it possible that I may have put too much anaerobic sealer and clogged the path for oil flow?
 
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