Oil Squirters

[Blake]

im done im sorry for being a douche its been a long past couple of days and sorry for my previous comment, it was not warranted.

 

[Kooldino]

<3

 

[Brian MP5T]

If you bend them down, are they aimed in the right direction after that? Will that negate the functionality? I ask myself this.

It's better than them breaking off and geting stuck in the crank ...

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Okay, so back on track here... Let's look at why they contacted in the first place. As dumb as it sounds, I have a WAY easier time believing that the oil squirters were the things out of spec and not the pistons. How tight do you think Mazda's tolerances are on a piece of bent steel tubing? If it clears the factory piston, which is almost a full 0.2" shorter than the Arias, why would they make the tolerances tight? Think... Those squirters are designed for factory pistons which have a ton of room before the squirters. Why would the chinaman bending the squirters at the factory give a **** how close they are to tolerance? As long as they don't hit the factory pistons, they're fine.

I just talked to Dana on the phone, and we had a 20 minute conversation on this thread. It doesn't make sense that the pistons are bad, however we can't rule that out. The only way to tell is to take a measurement (precise) of the piston from top to bottom, and see what is yielded. For Sam's sake as well. If the pistons are not to blame, and he puts new ones in thinking that's the problem, when the real problem still remains, the problem might return and cause more damage, sending him back to square one.

 

[JDM Sam]

The one jet that got cut off completely was not the journal from the bad bearing. Cyl 4 was the bad rod bearing, cyl 1 is the one it got cut off from.

I had to go to the machine shop today to take care of another engine. I had the machinist give me his opinion and said the piston should be filed down more at an angle similar to the stock piston. He said more clearance would not be an issue. This was on both sets of pistons stock bore and .020 over.
This concludes my problem with an easy but now costly solution.

 

[Blake]

at least we got the problem solved no matter what the solution...

 

[low_psi]

I should be a professional hand model

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

Not sure why you guys think its a crazy idea of getting incorrectly machined custom pistons. I have 3 sets of 4" bore pistons with 3 different compression heights, and 2 different quench areas. On the 4th set I finally got a set that was useable, even though they still weren't 100% what I wanted. This was from Ross pistons, and they fully admitted their fault, and they didn't even want them back.

Hell I just got my Indy 360-2 heads with THEIR cnc porting program which is suposedly "pressure tested" after done, with a blantent hole into the water passage.

 

[Pirana]

Hell I just got my Indy 360-2 heads with THEIR cnc porting program which is suposedly "pressure tested" after done, with a blantent hole into the water passage.

What the hell this means? (scratch) Sounds good.

 

[Maxx Mazda]

...I have a WAY easier time believing that the oil squirters were the things out of spec and not the pistons.

...It doesn't make sense that the pistons are bad, however we can't rule that out. The only way to tell is to take a measurement (precise) of the piston from top to bottom, and see what is yielded...

 

[JDM Sam]

What the hell this means? (scratch) Sounds good.

They pressure test the heads to check for cracks.
To pressure test a head, all the coolant passages are blocked off and air is injected into the water jacket. The head is then submerged in water. Air bubbles can be seen coming from the crack.

 

[Pirana]

well this is really what I meant..."Indy 360-2 heads with THEIR cnc porting program"

 

[slowmotionmsp]

"anyone have success with arias pistons and oil squirters"

Im sorry to YOU ken, if it came off the wrong way but there was no other way to put it. I made a simple statement and all the sudden im closed minded. O well I guess thats what I get for needing help, ill just stay on my side of the fence for now on...

How would i know if there is a problem with Arias and the oil squirters? I have the arias and pauter rods for a while. I don't know how to tell if there is a problem what should i look for? Thanks!

 

[JDM Sam]

well this is really what I meant..."Indy 360-2 heads with THEIR cnc porting program"

Indy is the company who makes the heads. I believe they are for his Plymouth scamp. They are for Mopar (Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth) cars.
Don't you hear about them enough from your co-workers Mr. Ricecooker Deluxe? (evil) When we racing that Charger?

 

[Pirana]

as soon as the Haltech is in.

 

[LinuxRacr]

as soon as the Haltech is in.

Get her done! I can use your car to keep mine running right! You'll see what I mean.

 

[supa saiyan pr5]

Sorry to raise this thread from the dead! but I had the oil light come on my protege5T.
I just installed an MAM shortblock about 2 months and 3k miles ago...and the only thing I didnt change brand new was hte oil pump...but I changed the oil pump gears..
I checked the senderand thats..o.k so I dropped the pan to check the screen to see if it was clogged eventhough the oil is brand new synthetic with 200 mi and found what looked like a rod bolt...
On closer inspection it look too big to be an rod bolt....I searched for pics and parts list as to what this bolt could be and I found a pic on crossover website and saw what I can make out to be the oil squirters.

Just be safe if anyone has a spare squirter...check the numbers on it and it should be 12-SS???12-55??

What I need to know from the builders- Can I run it like this,,, can it be repaired easily? I dont have an engine builder so I need suggestions. Can I just replace the old squirter with a new without pulling the engine???

I would appreciate any help

Jeremy

 

[Brian MP5T]

Sorry to raise this thread from the dead! but I had the oil light come on my protege5T.
I just installed an MAM shortblock about 2 months and 3k miles ago...and the only thing I didnt change brand new was hte oil pump...but I changed the oil pump gears..
I checked the senderand thats..o.k so I dropped the pan to check the screen to see if it was clogged eventhough the oil is brand new synthetic with 200 mi and found what looked like a rod bolt...
On closer inspection it look too big to be an rod bolt....I searched for pics and parts list as to what this bolt could be and I found a pic on crossover website and saw what I can make out to be the oil squirters.

Just be safe if anyone has a spare squirter...check the numbers on it and it should be 12-SS???12-55??

What I need to know from the builders- Can I run it like this,,, can it be repaired easily? I dont have an engine builder so I need suggestions. Can I just replace the old squirter with a new without pulling the engine???

I would appreciate any help

Jeremy

IMO, the Oil Pistols are very required for long life hard duty service.

They Cool the piston and coat the skirts.

You should get it fixed ASAP, however, I believe that you can drive without it for a short time.

 

[Blake]

Linux has over 100000 miles on his car with no squirters

 

[supa saiyan pr5]

thanks brian....now to find a shop that will replace it for maybe just an arm instead of an arm and a leg..lol


Jeremy