95 civic, just wondering, if i get a radiator for an automatic, can i run a line from my oil sending unit to the bottom of the radiator where the tranny line goes, out of the top and have it dump on my cams?....or will this hurt the oil pressure or cause any other bad effects?

 

No you can not do that.

 

why is this, not that i dont believe you, just wondering why

 

Doesnt really do much having oil "splashed" in the valvetrain... oil gets there just fine under pressure from the right channels. Plus you'd have a pressure leak and cause other issues with this crazy idea.

 

okay, i was just curious because ive seen people run oil lines to dump on their cams like the Endyn guys who do heads and cams, and i thought you could buy a kit to run a line to your valvecover, i just thought while your at it, cool it in the process, o well, i wont be doing this lol

 

the stainless steel lines you see attached to the valvecovers are for the pcv system. they vent blowby gasses so they do not contaminate the oil. If you want to cool the oil, you can buy the golden eagle sandwich adapter or one of the cheaper ebay ones. The question is why do you need to cool your oil? Unless your doing something like road racing or something else that puts extra load on the engine for extended periods of time, you dont need one IMO.

 

i think he is thinking of the kit similar to the LSVTEC setup, whereas you're thinking of the vented valvecover.

the kit that endyne sells doesn't splash it onto the cams. it forces oil in further downstream from the pump where, presumably, the oil pump loses out and can't quite make the pressure.

 

yes i believe it was for lsvtec, not that i need this or anything, i just have a stock b16a as a daily driver its just that i was wondering if you could do this just to be curious, i thought that if it worked the same, why not make use of of the tranny cooler lines on the radiator and keep your oil cool at the same time, wasnt trying to start any arguments or anything i was just curious

here is the description:During the past year, we've experienced extreme rocker arm and camshaft lobe failures on a number of Honda VTEC engines running non-stock valvetrains. Exotic coatings solved the problems in most instances, however, we've found that we could eliminate a large amount of wear by simply plumbing more oil to the head with an external -6 line (in the same fashion as LS-VTEC enthusiasts have for years).

We're now equipping all the VTEC engines we build with the external line, as lengthy testing has shown that additional oil volume in the head dramatically reduces both cam and rocker wear, and it also extends valve spring life through better cooling.