Brian,
When first starting mine after the rebuild I first cranked it for awhile
w/out the plugs in. You can hear when the oil pressure comes up --- the
engine turns much quicker and the sound changes a lot. Only after a bit of
that did I put the plugs back in. It then started up fine. The oil pressure
gauge, however, read zero. Kind of scary. My problem was I was not getting
the oil to flow correctly down the pipe to the gauge. I had to try a couple
more times adjusting the washers where the banjo bolt connected to the
filter mounting. I left the gauge off and would run the engine for a second
or two to see if I got oil to come out. I had to press my thumb over the
opening and remove it a couple of times to sort of get a little suction
going and then the oil came through the gauge pipe (yeah --- a small mess,
but if you shut the engine off right away it's not a big deal). Then
reconnected the gauge and restarted the engine and it works just fine.
Hope that all made sense!
Dave Moag
77 Spitfire
62 TR3B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Brian Sanborn
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 5:05 PM
> To: Triumph List
> Subject: TR4 - Fist Engine Start Up - Oil Guage
>
>
>
> Listers,
>
> I have never seen a thread on this.... so it must not be a
> problem.... I
> hope.
>
> When I first start the engine does the oil pressure gauge line need to
> bleed.... and if yes... how on earth would you do it without get oil
> everywhere.
>
> I must be able to rely on the oil pressure gauge during the
> first moments
> of the engine's life.
>
> Brian Sanborn
> 62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
>
> My TR4 Restoration Web Site
> http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Triumph.html (under
> construction)
> E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
>
>
>
|