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Oil return hole in Dart block.

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  • Start date Start date Aug 28, 2022

ebowie

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The front oil return hole does not line up with my gasket on my new Dart block. My old stock block was like this too, is it normal to be machined like this.
 

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OldManRiver

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Seems normal.I always scribe the hole using the gasket then funnel the hole down with a carbide burr.
 
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