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Hello All,
I've been looking at this hole for a while now, but I keep forgetting to ask about it. I first saw it when the block came back from the machine shop. The block was so unbelievably filthy when it was removed that it doesn't surprise me I never noticed it until it was clean. It's on the looker's right side of the block, behind the timing cover. Fishing an engine brush through the hole indicates that it's connected to the oil passage that supplies the first cam bearing. I cannot remember anything being in that passage or coming out of it when I pulled the engine out and disassembled it. I went back through pictures I had of the removal and various steps of the disassembly, while none clearly show the area, nothing appears to be obviously near it either. Vehicle is a manual trans, and does not have an oil cooler.
What is this passage for?
Thanks,
T.P. Crockmier
I've been looking at this hole for a while now, but I keep forgetting to ask about it. I first saw it when the block came back from the machine shop. The block was so unbelievably filthy when it was removed that it doesn't surprise me I never noticed it until it was clean. It's on the looker's right side of the block, behind the timing cover. Fishing an engine brush through the hole indicates that it's connected to the oil passage that supplies the first cam bearing. I cannot remember anything being in that passage or coming out of it when I pulled the engine out and disassembled it. I went back through pictures I had of the removal and various steps of the disassembly, while none clearly show the area, nothing appears to be obviously near it either. Vehicle is a manual trans, and does not have an oil cooler.
What is this passage for?
Thanks,
T.P. Crockmier
