[U]HOW MUCH OIL SHOULD I BE SEEING under the valve covers ON A 3.9 V8?[U]
I have had an overheating problem that turned out to be a head gasket leak (water jacket to #1 cyl.). After bolting up the new (composite) head gasket and starting the engine I find that I don't get very much oil up top. I don't know how much it got before because I have never had the rocker covers off before.
While I do see a small amount of oil making it into the bottom of the heads, I don't see any oil comming out of the rocker shaft at the rockers or any oil gettin onto the valves or pushrods.
[U]So I wan to know...HOW MUCH OIL SHOULD I BE SEEING ON A 3.9 V8?[U]
My oil light goes out (Truck has no pressure guage). I pulled a rocker assembly and checked all the passages. I also checked the passage from head to block with a piece of safety wire. The supply hole passes through the head gasket into the block fine. I also squirted some oil into the supply hole and verified that it came out the oil sensor hole.
Also who out there makes a pressure gauge adapter? I hate not knowing my oil pressure.