In a message dated 97-01-20 10:09:08 EST, sdoerrer(at)ix.netcom.com (siegfried)
writes:
>>
>> When you start the engine up first take the HT leads off so it doesn't
>> start running as there will not be any oil pressure yet: result
>> your mains and other bearings will wear instantaniously !
>
>I don't understand, how can you start the engine with the ht leads off?
>How can you build oil pressure with the engine not running? Are you
>recommending that you first turn the engine over several times without
>starting the car? Does that actually build up oil pressure?
>
Turning over the engine with the ht leads off will probably not crank the
engine fast enough to register oil pressure, but it will prime the system so
that the pressure comes on immediately when you actually fire it up. Even
cranking by hand (with the plugs removed) can do the job.
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