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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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Question Ironhead oil issues
Any help would be appreciated, please! I am trying to put to together an 82 XLS roadster. I was able to get it to crank, but it keeps streaming oil out of the bottom of the cam cover through a small weep hole. I tried to prime the oil pump by cranking it with the sensor unscrewed. As soon as I put the sensor back in the oil streams out of the weep hole on the cam cover. There is no flow to the heads. Anyone have any ideas?
 
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Post your question over in the "ironhead" section of this forum. You will stand a better chance of getting a response.
 
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