When I did the bottom end of my car (top end later) I did not use an
assembely lube, but I can be shure that everything was absolutly soked in
oil when I first started the engin by what I did when assebleing it. Engine
assembly oil is a sticky high viscosity oil which will cling to the surfaces
you put it on for weeks, which means when you start you engine you are
Guarantied not to have metal to metal contact. I don't think theirs
anything in a name, but use the stickiest slippyist one you can lay your
hands on, at the price of them compared to the price you pay for all the
work on you engine what difference will it make.
Having said that don't worry too much about them, most important is clean
oil ways. I built up a temporary fix engine to use in my car from spare
parts. I didn't bother with cleaning out oil ways and got a wrecked cam for
my troubles. This is the most important part of the re-build, there are
oil ways in the cam, if you don't know what I mean then you need to be
better in cleaning all the parts from you engine, there only small but you
notice them when you clean it properly.
I personally used clothes washing powder to clean out my engine, and I got
it spot less, nothing left, I would have eaten out of it. I sat there with
the engine soaking in 4 gallons of hot soapy water. I then rinsed it to get
rid of all the chemicals, and after that a dose of oil, and a keep it in a
completely clean environment.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron and Angie <nottingham@alltel.net>
To: Patrick Barber <sailnbail@worldnet.att.net>; Chris Pappathopoulos
<ctpappathopo@students.wisc.edu>
Cc: spitfire <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 8 December 1998 00:06
Subject: Re: engine rebuild
>>Chris, I have received several suggestions assembly lube when rebuilding
my
>>1500 engine. I work with some professional engine mechanics and they
>>recommended that one use just plain old engine oil. It's easy to work with
>>and has the same effect as all the other "fancy" lubricants. The major
>
>
>The "plain old engine oil" will drain back before the engine is put back
>together if one does not reassemble everything at the same time. I would
>prefer to err on the side of caution and use the assembly lube. With using
>assembly lube, after 10 to 15 minutes of operation, the oil and the filter
>will need to be changed. Assembly lube works better if you do not want to
>be rushed, and you spread the rebuild out over several weekends.
>
>Ron and Angie - Dalton, Ga
>84 300ZX Turbo 77 Spitfire 92 Tempo GLS 62 Vitesse
>IZCC# 4779
>"I gotta go, you're killing me!" - Kim Peterson, WGST 105.7, Atlanta
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