250x oil problem

[fox400ex08]

got a 87 250x it is not geting oil to the top end i pulled the oil tude off and it is coming out at the bottom of the tube but wont go up the tube, i took air to see if the tude was cloged or something and its not, what else could be going on im lost on it, if u guys could please help, could the oil filter be cloged up enuff not to let the oil go all the way up or not enuff presser

[witech]

Did someone replace the banjo bolt with a regular bolt?

[fox400ex08]

is it a specail bolt?

[witech]

Yes it has a hole drilled in it through the middle and the side to let the oil flow through it. Its just like a brake caliper bolt. There is one on each end of the line. A regular bolt will just plug off the hole and smoke the cams in minutes.

[fox400ex08]

o yea both of them are in, i just cant get oil to the top end and the oil tude is not blocked

[witech]

If oil blows out the oil filter housing and doesnt go up a clean tube you must have such low oil pressure it cant push up a 1 foot rise. Do you have the filter in backwards? Is there enough oil in the engine? What brought you to check the tube anyway? kind of an odd thing to do. remove the filter use a new one or none at all to verify its not plugged. But even if it was it has a relief valve in it.

[fox400ex08]

We just chaged out the cames and it wasent geting oil up on the top end so I took the tube off and started it and nothing was come out so I took it off the bottom of the motor and its coming out there but bot a lot, ill try taking the filter out or replace it and see what happends

[lester985]

take the filter out look what way the rubber gromet on the filter it should be facing out if it is not it will not get oil to the head