On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 DSand95510(at)aol.com wrote:
> 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.
It will build up oil pressure on my Sprite, Kermit the Frogeye. It is
easy because it has a separate starter and ignition. After it has been
sitting more than a day or two, I usually turn over the engine with the
starter, leaving the ignition off. I can see as high as 50 psi just from
the starter cranking the engine. Then I shout "contact" and turn on the
ignition. OK, just kidding, I don't shout anything.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons(at)northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Sep 05 2000 - 09:32:53 CDT