mnewell337@gmai
Well-Known Member
I have a completely rebuilt, and broken in 440 engine which has been sitting in a garage, or in the car, for at least 7 years. Getting ready to finally add all the fluids, and bring the car back to life.
Prior to trying to do that I thought it might be prudent to get some oil in each of the cylinders, and hand rotate the engine via the crank/harmonic balancer bolt to move the oil around. I could also pull the distributor, and use a oil pump primer shaft and drill to pressurize the internal oil pump (but leery of pulling the distributor, and gear, and then getting everything back in the way it was).
If I pull each spark plug to add some oil to each cylinder, how much oil should I add to each cylinder?
Mike
Prior to trying to do that I thought it might be prudent to get some oil in each of the cylinders, and hand rotate the engine via the crank/harmonic balancer bolt to move the oil around. I could also pull the distributor, and use a oil pump primer shaft and drill to pressurize the internal oil pump (but leery of pulling the distributor, and gear, and then getting everything back in the way it was).
If I pull each spark plug to add some oil to each cylinder, how much oil should I add to each cylinder?
Mike