I only used stp and oil on mine and it worked perfectly, however my V8
pump was packed with white grease when the PO rebuilt it. Haven't started
it yet so don't know if it works, but I have read about it being done
before.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'74 BGT going by-by soon
'63 Buick 215
On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, James H. Nazarian, Ph.D. wrote:
> I was shown a neat trick years ago by a now deceased old-timer in our MG club,
> who had rebuilt more engines than I have ever seen. He told me to mix a can of
> STP oil treatment with a quart of oil and use it as an assembly lube for
> bearings etc. This is a very slippery, high adhesion lubricant. I also filled
> the oil pump with that mixture before installation. Even if it drains out,
> there is enough residue to "prime" the pump even years later.
>
> Jim
>
> Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
>
> > Vaseline? That's a new one on me.
> >
> > When I rebuild an engine, it goes together with assembly lube of one
> > kind or another in the right spots. I don't bother to prime the pump;
> > chances are the prime will run out the pickup tube if the engine sits
> > around for a long period of time before it's installed and started, what
> > with empty oil galleries and sump. I spin the engine on the starter
> > until the oil pressure comes up and then fire it. On some engines you
> > can spin the pump with an electric drill until the pump primes and the
> > oil galleries are filled. This seems like a very good idea when trying
> > to resurrect an engine that's sat around a long time.
> >
> > In 40 + years of mechaniching (is that a word?), I've never encountered
> > an oil pump, in good condition, that wouldn't self-prime. Of course, my
> > practice is to replace the pump as a matter of course on a high-time
> > engine rebuild....
> >
> > End of ramble, ;^)
> >
> > CR
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Hunt wrote:
> > >
> > > I've heard that they should be filled with Vaseline before installation,
> > > which will sit there till the engine is started, at which point it gets
> > > flushed out by the oil.
> > >
> > > PaulH.
>
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