Not much oil coming up push rods / inconsistent oil flow | on freshly rebuilt ecotec

[vxcalais_01]

Thanks for the ideas man
I don't really have money laying around for me to get a lab test on the oil, however the sparkles are magnetic
The top and bottom was rebuilt,
I don't know what the problem is yet but after a bit of thought don't think its the lifters spinning as the motor still runs great, no noises and the only reason I found the problem was by luck because I was repainting the rocker covers
oil filter is new and I ditched the old one before I found the problem.. unlucky, I should have looked at the old one anyway because new motor, guess I got too excited.

Oil test is like $35......Was the engine rebuilt for performance or cause something failed in it previously ? Doubt you would be kicking up old metal. Would of drained out the last time. All the best anyway

 

[SammalTheMammal]

Oil test is like $35......Was the engine rebuilt for performance or cause something failed in it previously ? Doubt you would be kicking up old metal. Would of drained out the last time. All the best anyway

Oh ok I didn't realize it was that cheap. I may do one then.
It was rebuilt completely standard with big ends, crankshaft and bore resized. because one of the old owners severely overheated it causing the pistons to shrink 15 thousandths of an inch when they cooled down, causing piston slap...
And yes after inspection the metal is different from the old stuff and there's way too much coming up the push rods to be leftover I think.
Thank you. Any much ideas will be much appreciate. I hope to start pulling the engine apart soon, cleaning up the shed atm lol.