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If at all possible fill up the oil filter or oil filter housing before
fitting it to the engine. OK, a messy job. Letting it idle for a few
minutes should do no harm to the engine at all, but do not rev the
engine or run it on the choke.
Kees Oudesluijs
Op 5-12-2016 om 18:50 schreef Michael Oritt:
> This morning I drained my old engine oil on my 100 and replaced the
> oil filter, then refilled the sump to the correct level and restarted
> the engine to check for oil pressure.
>
> After several seconds I became concerned when the oil pressure gauge
> needle stayed pegged. I also have a low oil pressure warning light,
> the sender for which is mounted to the block at the point where the
> flex hose normally attaches and it is staying lit.
>
> By this time I had run the engine for at least 30 seconds and was
> becoming very concered, so I shut it down, removed the valve cover and
> disconnected the banjo bolt going to the rocker shaft, then restarted
> the engine--no oil is coming out of the bolt.
>
> Thinking that perhaps the oil pump lost prime I removed the flex hose
> from the coiled copper pipe gong to the oil pressure gauge and
> back-fed some engine oil, then reattached the hose to the line but on
> restarting again nothing has changed.
>
> Though this has never happened before I have heard of oil pumps not
> repriming themselves and/or taking a while to do so after an oil
> change. I have already run the engine for at least a minute in the
> several restarts and am frankly concerned that serious damage may have
> already happened.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">If at all possible fill up the oil
filter or oil filter housing before fitting it to the engine. OK,
a messy job. Letting it idle for a few minutes should do no harm
to the engine at all, but do not rev the engine or run it on the
choke.<br>
Kees Oudesluijs<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Op 5-12-2016 om 18:50 schreef Michael Oritt:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default">This morning I drained my old engine
oil on my 100 and replaced the oil filter, then refilled the
sump to the correct level and restarted the engine to check
for oil pressure.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default">After several seconds I became
concerned when the oil pressure gauge needle stayed pegged. I
also have a low oil pressure warning light, the sender for
which is mounted to the block at the point where the flex hose
normally attaches and it is staying lit. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default">By this time I had run the engine for
at least 30 seconds and was becoming very concered, so I shut
it down, removed the valve cover and disconnected the banjo
bolt going to the rocker shaft, then restarted the engine--no
oil is coming out of the bolt.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default">Thinking that perhaps the oil pump
lost prime I removed the flex hose from the coiled copper pipe
gong to the oil pressure gauge and back-fed some engine oil,
then reattached the hose to the line but on restarting again
nothing has changed.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default">Though this has never happened before
I have heard of oil pumps not repriming themselves and/or
taking a while to do so after an oil change. I have already
run the engine for at least a minute in the several restarts
and am frankly concerned that serious damage may have already
happened.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default">Any thoughts or suggestions will be
appreciated.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default">Best--Michael Oritt</div>
</div>
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