Oil squirters. Required, or dead weight?

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Rick is correct about plugging the squirter holes.
The purpose of the  squirters is to cool the pistons (not lubrication) so
removing them probably won't hurt anything unless you plan on pressurizing
the motor.

Larry

> But, but, but, wait a minute. What are you proposing to do with the holes
in
> the block that will now allow all of your lovely oil pressure to escape?
If
> nothing is done to those holes, the head will last less than a minute and
we
> don't want that now. Drawing upon my 1.8 16v experience, I'd ask if
perhaps
> they should be pointing to one side of the other and that might relieve
your
> clearance problem. Mine could be installed anywhere in about a 120 deg.
arc.
> If that fails you could tap the holes with a pipe tap (tapered) and put
> allen screws in with plenty of Locktite. I've done this many times when
the
> slugs were removed from crank oil passages for cleaning. In this
application
> it also facilitates cleaning the crank later as well.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Rick Alexander


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