I am looking for oil diagrams for a 3800 series II

Tiny
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I'm looking for an oil diagram for a Buick 3800 Series II
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 9:41 PM

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Tiny
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What kind of oil diagram. What is your issue

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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 9:44 PM
Tiny
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Hi Roy.

Still having lifter issues! I think I have a blockage!
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 9:49 PM
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Tell me the background. Did you check the oil pressure manually? What was the pressure?

If all is checked and good and no oil to lifters, you may have a bad or spun cam bearing not allowing oil to the top

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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 9:54 PM
Tiny
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Engine rebuilt about 4000 miles ago then lifters al of the sudden started chattering and I found 5 of the six on the odd side of the engine collapsed so I changed all of the lifters now they do not chatter as bad!
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 10:12 PM
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Oil pressure is 54 at idle
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 10:17 PM
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Is there oil getting to the top of the motor?

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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 10:29 PM
Tiny
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I just pulled the even side and ran the engine I'm not getting oil up the pushrods!
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 10:44 PM
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I found fragments of what looks like RTV gasket sealer on the rocker arms! What I found was very small
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 10:49 PM
Tiny
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I miss typed the odd side 1, 3, 5 are not getting oil to the rocker arms and the even side along the fire wall 2, 4, 6 has plenty of oil! Also all the rocker arms on the odd side can be pushed towards the lifters and the even side an not!
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 AT 11:28 PM
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I think we discussed this before. Either a cam bearing is installed wrong or too much rtv was used and has clogged the galley in the block

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 AT 1:00 AM
Tiny
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Ya I think we did the cam bearings and the cam were put in by the machine shop and the guy that did it has been doing it for 45 years I think I might have RTV it it! And I have 4000 miles on the rebuild. If the bearings were put in wrong could it have made it 4000 miles or would I have had problems from the start?
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 AT 1:19 AM
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It would have been from the start along with the rtv.

I think we did the cam bearings?

No matter what, you are talking about a tear down here to determine the issue.

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 AT 2:10 AM
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Thanks agin Roy
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 AT 11:05 PM

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