EagleTalonTim
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jan 10, 2007
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Brighton,
Tennessee
I can't seem to find this anywhere, but I think I have an idea for a head oil port mod. The reason for this is because I had my head milled 2 times by my machine shop since they did not mill it to the correct RA for an MLS head gasket. When I built my engine, I did not even think about grinding out the oil feed port on the head and now even with 3G Topline lifters, I am still getting lifter tap at idle. So thinking of a way to fix this oiling problem without pulling the head off, I started looking at an old head to see if the port could be tapped from the outside....
Low and behold, there is a port right below the front t-stat housing bolt that leads directly to the oil port. It appears to be how Mitsubishi drilled that hole for the oiling port. Would it not be possible to simply screw in an adapter in place of the allen head plug, then feed that port via a teflon lined hose from the oil filter housing? Makes sense to me, but I could be just dreaming of saving 10+ hours of downtime....
Low and behold, there is a port right below the front t-stat housing bolt that leads directly to the oil port. It appears to be how Mitsubishi drilled that hole for the oiling port. Would it not be possible to simply screw in an adapter in place of the allen head plug, then feed that port via a teflon lined hose from the oil filter housing? Makes sense to me, but I could be just dreaming of saving 10+ hours of downtime....