At 05:03 PM 3/7/98 -0500, MR DANIEL R CAREY wrote:
>
>What procedures to take for an engine sitting 5 years?
>Before I crank it over?
>
On my Spitfire (asleep in the weather for seven years), I removed the
sparkplugs and squirted oil in the cylinder bores. I also poured oil into
the valvetrain under the rocker cover. I then attempted to turn the engine
by hand, but had to un-stick the clutch first. Cranked the engine over
with the starter, without plugs installed, until the oil pressure came up;
then put everything together for the final run.
YMMV, I know mine did, as my alternator, electronic ignition, and battery
were all dead, and the exhaust had been plugged by critters (disgruntled
Marmots?).
Good luck!
Cheers,
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire FM96062 UO (On the road soon!)
Succasunna, NJ USA
"There are three types of people in this world:
those that are good with numbers, and those that aren't."
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