Engine issues

[joef89]

WHY does it always seem that when one thing goes wrong everything goes wrong.
Pulled apart my motor to put in a new cam and find out that one of my cam bearings is split. So if that is happening to me what else is wrong now.
and if im pulling the motor all apart and taking it somewhere to get the bearings put in should i just have the stroker kit put in this block? Also i am running the risk of not being able to make it to mopar nationals .  

[Chryco Psycho]

Be glad you found the problem !!
 I have often gone down this path & generally warn people that the Cam swap may not get completed depending what we find as we open things up .
, what other symtoms exist?? Low oil pressure , uneven compression , dirty coolant ?
Maybe you should just throw a stroker kit into it ??

[joef89]

yea better to find it now than putting in that new cam kit and having it get destroyed.

my piston gaskets leak when pressure is put on the cylinders ( this is probably due to the fact that it was running so rich, there is a presence of gas in the oil.) and then something is going on with my carburetor when pulled the spark plugs half were black and the other half were white (duel plane intake) coolant has been dirty too because of adding stop leak to the radiator.

[joef89]

today will hopefully be a good day. i am about to put my engine back together after having it apart for almost 3 weeks. hopefully no more problems apear. Got new compcam, valve springs, timing chan and gear, complete gaskets, and a freshly hot tanked block. so it should all go together smoothly.

[72cudamaan]

I hope you had the cylinders honed prior to putting it back together?
And don't forget to wash the whole block real well before you put any parts in it.
Hot tanking does good, but hot soapy water will clean out all the
micro pores in the cast iron. Good lick with the assembly, and don't forget
to ask questions if you need to. Easier now than after it's back in the car with a problem.

[joef89]

I hope you had the cylinders honed prior to putting it back together?
And don't forget to wash the whole block real well before you put any parts in it.
Hot tanking does good, but hot soapy water will clean out all the
micro pores in the cast iron. Good lick with the assembly, and don't forget
to ask questions if you need to. Easier now than after it's back in the car with a problem.

Check check and check this is the second motor i have built so its all going smoothly. i told my dad watch the motor will work fine im just gona run in to electrical problems now
 

[joef89]

well of course there is another issue. i  checked all the clearance and everything was perfect. putting it back together got the head started to prime the oil pump and found out that there is no oil getting up to the passenger side rocker arm assembly.
 

Any ideas. were thinking a passage might be blocked or  a cam bearing could be installed wrong

[72cudamaan]

You have to turn the camshaft so the oil hole lines up with the passage to the head.

[joef89]

You have to turn the camshaft so the oil hole lines up with the passage to the head.

Yupp did that. tore everything apart. it ended up being a blockage in the head. cleaned it out with the parts washer than blew it out with the air gun. everything is going together well. 
Found one of my motr mounts had a crack in the steel so weld that up and the motor will be in tomorrow.

[Chryco Psycho]

 

[joef89]

this car hates me. got the motor in everything hooked up pressure tested the radiator. i mean everything we could do to make sure this motor was good. crank it over had a fule leak at the fule pump and then somewhere theres a coolant leak.

[72cudamaan]

          It will all get better.

[Chryco Psycho]

the head oilingcan be a problem , if you install the heads on opposite banks the oiling hole can be blocked , the oil hole that is used is not an issue but the one at the front of the heads always blocks up & has to be cleared out .
have you located the coolant leak , head gaskets can sweat until they heat cycle a couple of times