Message text written by Justin Paxton
>Any advice. Motor is fully rebuilt with new pistons and sleeves, cam, the
fully Monty. Someone said, pour oil in it and turn it over by hand a few
times. This seems like an awful lot of work when I have a perfectly good
starter. Someone else said, pull the plugs and put some oil in there,
although I thought that would foul the plugs right off the bat. The engine
has been sitting after its rebuild about 2 1/2 months.
What does the collective wisdom have to say about popping this baby's
cherry?
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Hello
I missed some of the earlier replies to this question, so by now it might
have been fully covered, but just in case, I offer this..........
Getting the oil from the pan circulating before the first start is critical,
but using the starter to spin the engine is not the preferred method for a
new motor. Better to remove the distributor and spin the oil pump. Primes
the motor without the danger of scuffing/scoring something important.
Here's what "Kas" Kastner had to say about it a while back...........
<<Hello,
On the break-in of the new engine my suggestion and the method I
follwed is as follows: Bring up the oil pressure by removing the distributor
and bringing up the oil pressure by spinning the oil pump with a speed
handle until the oil was fully circulated, replace the distributor, set the
timing staticly, then fire up and hold the idle steady to 1500 RPM DO NOT
BLIP THE THROTTLE DURING THE TIME. Keep this idle speed for about three
minutes, reduce the speed to normal idle for a couple minutes. Shut off
check for leaks etc, fire up and do the same thing again, DO NOT BLIP THE
THROTTLE. after a couple minutes more of high idle you ready for a drive. I
figured about ten minutes of driving was either going to seat the rings or
scuff them. They always seated. I set the revs to under 4000 durinmg this
period. After that come and get me. The blippingthe throttle on first start
by the way is the quickest way in the world to scrore the camshaft and the
cam followers. But that is only how I did it....."your mileage may differ"
Kas>>
Good luck!
Rich Rock
Pottstown, PA
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