Good point on the oil and starting procedure, but too much liquid in the
top end of an engine can damage it as well.
I remember when I was the service manager for a chevrolet dealership three
years ago. A customer ran thru a puddle at a high speed. Water splashed up
and was brought into the engine thru the marvelous air collection system!
Amazing thing about liquids. They do not compress! The camaro in question
brought enough water in to the top end to bend the connecting rods!
I know that common sense often overides the compelling urge to place a
large amount of oil in the top end (compression area). Care should be given
to squirt just a little in. Let it soak. If you feel better about giving it
another squirt from an oil can before cranking, go for it. On the same
note, if you think to much may be in there, crank it without the plugs in
the head.
Good luck with it!
Mark Townsend
76 Spitfire
87 Turbo Quattro
At 09:02 AM 6/6/97 -0400, Henry Frye wrote:
>Mark Townsend wrote:
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>> When I purchased it and took it home some 6-8 weeks ago, I pulled the spark
>> plugs and squirted a little oil (carefull not to add too much!) in each
>> cylinder. I let that soak for a day and then pulled the coil wire and
>
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>David,
>
>Mark's advice is sound but I want to make one comment. I feel you can't
>put _too much_ oil into the cylinders, and more oil than you need is
>much better than not enough. Just thinking about the scraping noises
>gives me the willies! ;-)
>
>The oil is needed to lubricate the cylinder walls. When I am ready to
>turn over a long neglicted engine, I will put lots of oil in each
>cylinder and crank to my hearts content. If you put a little oil in each
>cylinder and wait a day, the oil will seep down past the rings and do
>nothing to help you.
>
>I will remove the valve cover and crank for 10 to 15 seconds, then wait
>a minute or so, then crank again. Do this until you see oil coming up to
>the rocker shaft. Don't overheat the starter motor. Any excess oil in
>the clyinders will come out the spark plug holes. (and make a mess)
>
>When ready to actually start the motor, install the plugs and everything
>else and give it a go. I have never had a motor not start from plug
>fouling from doing this. However, the engine smokes _real_ nice for a
>minute or so. ;-)
>
>Good luck.
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