how can i check oil flow 3010 rod journal

Micheal · Jul 7, 2015

Hello all, if you have read some of my posts you know i have a 3010 tore apart right now, with a bad rod bearing. how can i check oil flow before i put new rod bearings in? on a pickup motor i just put oil to the oil pump in a bucket and stick a drill on the distributor rod going to the oilpump and spin it until i see oil coming from areas i am concerned with, can i do something like this on a 3010? can i get on the oilpump somehow to see if i can oil out of that #2 rod journal?
thanks very much.
micheal

Bob · Jul 7, 2015

If the main bearing it is paired with is in good shape and the oil gallery bore in the crank to that rod is not somehow plugged, the rod is gonna get oil.

Of course, the condition of the main bearings and even the cam bearings will affect oil pressure/flow to the rod bearings.

I use a converted garden sprayer to pre-lube engines, whether it would flow enough to get oil to the rod journal you are wondering about, I can't say. (Sprayer was bought new for this and used only for this.)

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Micheal · Jul 7, 2015

that sprayer is a good idea! i like that. the #2 main journal right aft of this conn rod is fine, getting plenty of oil. i wasn't around when my father in law spun the bearing, so i am not a 100 percent sure what caused it to spin, that is why i want to ensure good oil flow before i put that rod bearing back in. i like to see oil dripping out the sides of these bearings before i torque the oilpan up for the final time! thank you. i might try something like your sprayer and see if i can get oil out the journal hole.
thank you
micheal

Mike M · Jul 7, 2015

PUT THAT ENGINE IN THE 3010 !!!!

Richard in Bee · Jul 7, 2015

Bob, what kind of oil do you use in that sprayer? Will it pump 30w engine oil?

teddy52food · Jul 7, 2015

If it spun a bearing once, it will do it again unless you find out why. Did the crank get measured & checked out OK? Did the rod bore get resized to specks?

Earl-IL · Jul 7, 2015

Check with your machine shop to see if they have a oil prelube tank that you hook into the oil galley and prelube a engine.Google "Goodson" has the kit to make up using a Freon tank,using air pressure with a regulator.

bigboreG · Jul 7, 2015

That would make her rip snort for sure lol

mkuhns · Jul 7, 2015

I took an old power steering pump off a tractor trailer and adapter it to run on a drill to pressurize oil galleys. Works real well. Just have to prime the pump to get started. I also use it to transfer fuel and such also. Pumps pretty fast and can make about 10-15 psi oil pressure in an engine.

JMS/.MN · Jul 7, 2015

I made a NEW 20 lb LP tank into a bleeder, which would work for that. New cuz I wanted to weld on it.

Bob · Jul 7, 2015

It's a pump-up sprayer that forces the fluid out with compressed air.

I have used it with both 10-30 and 15-40 engine oil.

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