I don't really think that putting drops of oil would really help all
that much. It wouldn't really spread around the cylinder and it would
be burnt up pretty quickly. It also doesn't address any of the bearing
surfaces.
One solution that I have used on an SS Chevelle is to take a
distributor shaft, which drives the oil pump, and modify it to fit
into a drill chuck. Then prior to starting the car you would spin the
oil pump for a while and pump some oil up through the journals.
Not having started into the engine work phase of my restoration, I
don't know if that is feasible to do on an Alpine engine. Maybe some
people more familiar with the Alpine engine internals would know.
Kurt Eckert
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Subject: starting car
Author: Scott Christie <103226.3155(at)CompuServe.COM> at Internet
Date: 1/17/97 2:42 PM
Regarding the original question about starting a car that has sat for a long
time:
Has anyone yet answered the question? I'd like to know myself if things like
the drops of oil in the spark plug holes really work, and anything else like
that.
Scott Christie
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