Arch--I don't think you'd want to try to put any real combustion loads on
bearings with only thin kero trying to build a hydrodynamic film. That'll
happen once you build any kind of oil pressure. If you can bypass the oil
pump or keep it from pumping for the few seconds of running time I'd think
you'd be safer. I remember once I ran an old stock 331 hemi for about 60
seconds at idle with an empty crankcase (dumb kid thing). Ran it for years
after in my 41 Ford pickup with no problem. Always figured that starting
with cold oil in the bearings and only idle loads on them they didn't heat
up enough in that minute to lose the viscosity of the oil in them enough,
break the film and go metal to metal.
........Bikes are different, though; and I know little about them........so
take what I say in the right context.
Ed Weldon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arch" <arch@bubent.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:35 AM
Subject: Engine Flush
> A good friend of mine and one who I respect as a competent motorcycle
> mechanic told me that a good way to flush my motor would be to drain the
oil
> and fill the bike up with Kerosene, run it for just a few seconds and then
> drain it.
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