Oil squirters ever go bad?

[cornernfool]

Getting ready to assemble the lower end and wondering about testing the oil squirters. Anybody have any ideas or suggestions.

[DSPTurtle]

They do get clogged... Stomski makes a nice piece that works perfect for cleaning and testing them.

[cgarr]

All they are is a spring and ball and alum seat and housing, don't go poking a wire in there unless you want to change then out.

[cornernfool]

Originally Posted by cgarr

All they are is a spring and ball and alum seat and housing, don't go poking a wire in there unless you want to change then out.

I don't mean any disrespect but why? The orifices looked to be different sizes, I had a set of Zenith jet sizers I used to measure them. They were all the same. I sprayed brake clean into them and then used some stainless wire to probe a little deeper. That's when I discovered they were spring loaded. I switched back and forth between brake clean and engine oil in the cup of them while pumping them with a flat drift. I cleaned them once more and filled the galley to them with motor oil and hit them with the air nozzle. They all seemed to have a nice even spray pattern.

Did I get lucky or just stupid?

Thanks, Mike.

[cgarr]

If the hole you see is clean there is nothing else you can do with a wire, be careful of the spring, if you damage it the ball will not seat and it will leak. pressurize the oil galley for that squirter, it should take a bit of pressure to open it. There is a thread somewhere on how to do it.