Engine questions (in prep for another road trip)

[adkrover]

Yes, pour oil into wherever you can, as long as it's somewhere in the lubrication system, as opposed to the cooling, fuel or ingnition systems.

As far as the fans, too cool is generally better than too hot. Too cool will use more fuel but too hot will blow engines.

[Moose]

Well, if you filled the TB through the fill plug, I guess it would be hard to over fill. I find an easier way to fill the box is by removing one of the covers on the top and dumping the oil in that way. Much less messy.

If when removing the fill plugs a bit of oil trickles out, that is not a problem. Thats not overfilled. If it pours out in a heavy stream, then that would be reason for some concern.

As far as your engine goes, if you don't have a fill tube on the right side of the engine or a fill cap in the top of the valve cover, then the breather cap on the vavle cover will be removable and that's where the oil goes in. That's the way it is on my 2.5 diesel.

Brett

[Le Shed]

Oil goes in through the Big black Cap on top of the rocker cover. It should also have a hose going to the carb if it is a 2 barrel weber. That engine should have no trouble doing 70mph. Have one in my 109 and fully loaded it still keeps up. Just duck tape everything down and wear ear defenders. If you have an overdrive it will go even faster if you are brave enough. Engines are super tough and last a long time. Only problems I have had with mine were replacing timing chain/gears and new distributor. New distributor made a huge difference to a smooth idle. Using a rover oil bath type air filter is cheaper in the long run and gives you more access to the car. However it looks like you would need the plastic elbow that bolts onto the top of the carb that the hose attaches to.
Have fun
Bill B