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Rettax3 wrote:.. I won't hate on your car, but it does look pretty bad though.

Michigan weather sucks. Back in 1998 i noticed rust under the rocker panels. Every year since, i used sandpaper and
later wire brushes on power drills to remove rust. Then i would spray primer.

How many times or revolutions can an engine turn over with only assembly lube and no oil pressure?
that is, before the bearings are damaged?

Thanks for your help, Rettax3 and ifixalot. The camshaft bearings have not been replaced, because i didn't want to spend the money for the tool. But now I wish I had done it. Yesterday I performed a compression test on all six cylinders, and the readings were over 200 PSI for all but a couple, which...

When the camshaft is removed, this exposes the oil galleries that lead directly to the crankshaft. Should I prime these oil galleries with oil? But these are vertical galleries, so I think the oil will only drop and leak past the crankshaft. Plenty of assembly lube has been applied to all bearings.

the oil squirts all over from the top of the lifters, as well as forcing oil through the push rods.
This is normal operation?

Wish i could find a YouTube showing the lifters in action.

Looking better now. What i did today was switch the three problem lifters around to other locations. Also, i rotated a lifter when it was not squirting, and that worked, too. My rotating the camshaft seemed to not have much effect. The one lifter that i thought was gushing oil around its sides is no...

The Purpose of Hydraulic Valve Lifters All engines have hydraulic valve lifters in one form or another. The most common type of engine that has them is your vehicle's engine. They were created to get rid of the need for combustion engines to have mechanical clearance in the engine's valve train. The...

Today I used a power drill to prime the oil pump. Oil pressure was normal, about thirty PSI, according to the pressure gauge that i threaded into the sensor hole. But i noticed that two of the hydraulic valve lifters are not squirting oil, and they are located on the same set of valves. Also, one ot...

Removed both. a sharp-edged chisel and a light tap of a hammer was required
but the plug popped right out.

okay, but how is the access plug removed?

it is just a round plug with no hex head or anything for a socket or tool.

it is aluminum, so it is easy to destroy.

does this round aluminum head get removed? the service manual indicates this is so.

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all lifters have been removed.

this is how far the Camshaft will come out.

the oil pump is still in place, but how does it come in contact?

Please tell me how to remove the camshaft from the 3.1 engine.

My guess is it pulls out from the front. However, the camshaft itself has two or three
tabs near its front end. These prevent removal.

The 1992 Service Manual says only "remove camshaft."

themixer wrote:if you wait any longer on the engine rebuild there may not be any car left to put it in.

what do u mean?

Thanks. will finish that engine rebuild soon