Crankshaft Oil Slinger

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almo247

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I am replacing the timing chain and harmonic balancer on my '67 200 six cylinder and I noticed the oil slinger is missing. Obviously it has worked without it, but the performance has been short of terrible for a while. How important is the oil slinger? A search for a replacement has not been successful. I understand they are no longer available. Maybe i should go to a crate V8 and be done with it.

 

horse sence

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The oil slinger does not need to be there .When you use a double roller chain or a gear drive the slinger needs to be taken out any way . It will not hurt anything not having it .

 

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yep, put the motor together without the oil slinger and dont look back.

 

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An oil slinger will not affect performance, but might affect longevity. Can a 6cyl guru explain where it is and what it oils? If it oils the timing chain, how does the double roller set get oiled without it?

 

horse sence

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It's a tin plate .It mounts behind the crank balancer, and on top of the lower timing gear .A motor gets plenty of oil there with out it .

 

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So it is like an appendix. Some V8's need a little oil hole drilled to oil the distributor gears or timing set. That's good to know about the Ford i6.

 

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The slinger just keeps oil from splashing heavily on the back of the crankshaft seal so it doesn't leak.

 

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Is that not a shield then? By name, a slinger usually helps splash oil on stuff inside the motor.

 

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almo247 said:

I am replacing the timing chain and harmonic balancer on my '67 200 six cylinder and I noticed the oil slinger is missing. Obviously it has worked without it, but the performance has been short of terrible for a while. How important is the oil slinger? A search for a replacement has not been successful. I understand they are no longer available. Maybe i should go to a crate V8 and be done with it.

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hello;

buy a v8

check your timing at idle and saround 2500 rpm and tell us what it is . . it may not be advancing enough or at all.

heres the slinger.

http://image.mustangmonthly.com/f/16300253/mump_0905_25_z 289_budget_build oil_slinger.jpg
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7991LXnSHO said:

Is that not a shield then? By name, a slinger usually helps splash oil on stuff inside the motor.

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You are correct. That slinger is there because it was designed to lubricate the fuel pump eccentric and timing gear. That's what the small back turned lip is for on the slinger. That front main seal is a double lip seal and there is not enough splashing or pressure there to cause it to leak. My stroker does just fine without it as does many of my friends who have done the same. It was just added protection from ford but its really not needed.