I guess I'm from the old school but what did the factory do to
start a new engine? What does Detroit do? I can't imagine them going
through all the work of priming things. If you don't want the engine to
fire before you have pressure then pull the distributer wire and crank
away. The small amount of wear that a new engine would get during the
first start should not be a concern. I think too often we follow the
advice of those that write books. It sounds good but may be over kill.
...Art
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Ted Schumacher wrote:
> John Middlesworth wrote:
> >
> > I have an idea about how to prime my freshly rebuilt engine and I thought
> > I'd see if anyone else has done it and if there are any drawbacks.
> >
> > I want to avoid scuffing up my new camshaft so I plan to get everything in
> > place in the engine bay but hold off on installing lifters and pushrods.
> > Then I'll take out the spark plugs and turn over the engine until I get
> > decent oil pressure. Then it's a matter of putting in the plugs, lifters
> > (with plenty of cam lube) and pushrods and trying to start the engine for
> > real. It sounds like a very practical plan, but am I missing something?
> >
> > John Middlesworth
> john, you are missing the part about turning over a fresh engine that
> has not had oil pumped through the galleries to all the needed areas.
> jsut set the timing at tdc on compression, fill the carbs with fuel and
> have everything ready to run. remove the distributor, run the oil pump
> with a drillto build up pressure. drop in the sitirb. and you should
> have the engine runnign within 5 revolutions. this causes no load on the
> fresh engine. run the engine at 2000 rpm for 20 -25 minutes with no
> load. shut it off,drain oil, change filter checkconnections, retorque,
> reset and do it agian for about 1 1/2 hours. pitch the oil and filter
> again and you are well on your way to a good engine. the first 5 minutes
> and the first 25 minutes of engine life are themost critical for cam and
> engine parts in general. good luck and let us know if we can help. ted
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