Priming engine.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Priming engine.
When an engine is "primed" to get the oil circulating. Will the oil reach the cam and main bearings?
[Modified by 1970 Stingray, 7:46 AM 1/19/2004]
[Modified by 1970 Stingray, 7:46 AM 1/19/2004]
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From: Clymer PA
Re: Priming engine. (1970 Stingray)
Len:
As long as your distributor is in place, everything gets oiled. Most people will use an old distributor and a hand drill to prime the motor. I always just disconnected the coil wire and cranked the motor over. It's a little harder on the starter this way but it still does the same thing.
As long as your distributor is in place, everything gets oiled. Most people will use an old distributor and a hand drill to prime the motor. I always just disconnected the coil wire and cranked the motor over. It's a little harder on the starter this way but it still does the same thing.
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From: Living in the Hartland
Re: Priming engine. (1970 Stingray)
It takes a good 5 to 10 minutes to get oil all the way up to the rocker arms using an oil pump primer and 10,000 rpm high speed drill so it would take a lot longer to get whole system primed using the starter. I bought a primer like this to make sure oil got everywhere:
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...57#largerimage
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...57#largerimage
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From: GA
Re: Priming engine. (bence13_33)
Whoaaaa... Bence... Isn't cranking the motor over with the starter to get it primed kind of defeating the purpose of priming? I thought an engine was primed by the oil pump to ensure oil was coating all the internals BEFORE they moved and contacted each other? Okay... I am confused... where are my books... he heee :confused:
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From: Denver Colorado
Re: Priming engine. (Mr.Gearhead)
I took an old distributor I had laying around, used a metal lathe to take off the gear, (you could use a bench grinder), cut off the weights, and use a good 1/2 inch drill to spin it. It was cheap, and easy to make.
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