Timing Chain Tensioner Oiling

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The stock cam retainer plate has a relief on the back, aligns with the right bank galley, and the galley plug had a hole for lubing the chain. Replaced that with a tensioner, which has no relief on the back, and the plug the machine shop installed has no oil hole.

Chain/top gear gonna run too dry? Anything here that needs to be addressed or modified?

 

[Mad Dart]

If your worried about it you can just drill a small hole through the tensioner plate & the plug so oil squirts on the chain. 1/16" is plenty

 

[RustyRatRod]

I always drill a hole through the bolt on the passenger's side of the block that runs into the bottom of the lifter valley. It will drip right onto the chain.

 

[fishy68]

If your worried about it you can just drill a small hole through the tensioner plate & the plug so oil squirts on the chain. 1/16" is plenty

That's what I always do too

 

[clifftt]

How crucial is the hole in the bolt? None of the four bolts I pulled off the cam plate had a hole.