Hi Randy,
Welcome to the great MG listers arena.
I'd like to share my experience, although not a new engine - every had been
from the car, so it was a similar case.
On top of barney's valued info:
I had a similar situation a few months ago.
My 71 BGT was about 9 years after its last engine running - I had a 10 year
restoration period on it.
I cranked the engine with new oil and without the spark plugs in.
This made the load on the unsufficient oiled moving parts the least
"loaded".
I had not oil pressure for some time, so I got scared.
I then raised this subject here at the listers group.
"Keep on craking" was the advise.
Reason is, that the oil cooler was empty and had to be filled by the
engine's oil pump.
And yes the pressure came on....
Beware the oil cooler consumes an extra pint or so, so when the pressure
comes on:
wait for 10 minutes to have the oil going back to the sump and check your
dipstick.
I had to top it up with almost another litre (yes I'm in Europe -
Netherlands in fact).
Now the pressure is fine all the time.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
-----Original Message-----
From: Barney Gaylord [mailto:barneymg@ntsource.com]
Sent: vrijdag 28 juli 2000 7:32
To: Randy Trautman
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Starting a New Engine
At 06:03 PM 7/27/2000 -0700, Randy Trautman wrote:
>.... I have a Tartan red 69 BGT. .... and I'm curious if anyone can give
some tips for starting the engine the first time. ....
Aha! Another opportunity for an extensive answer without extensive typing,
as I have saved some of the previous answers on-line. Start here:
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg/mgtech/engine/en1.htm
Scroll down below the picture and click on DE-101, starting a dormant
engine. Much of this also applies to starting a new engine for the first
time. You can also check OF-101 and OF-102 for detailed information on the
internal oiling system of your engine, and in particular OF-103 for priming
the oil system before the first starting. While you're there, feel free to
graze on whatever other tidbits of engine tech catch your fancy.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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