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geezer#99 · 11-19-2019, 11:09 AM

And I forgot to mention splash.
The lifters and cam lobes are mostly lubed by oil splash. From the oil draining back to the valley and from the crank spinning.
Not enough of that happening at idle to lube a new cam for breakin.

11-19-2019, 11:09 AM	#24
geezer#99 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bowser Posts: 13,522	Re: First run! And I forgot to mention splash. The lifters and cam lobes are mostly lubed by oil splash. From the oil draining back to the valley and from the crank spinning. Not enough of that happening at idle to lube a new cam for breakin.