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...it has been 2 years the Terminator ran. What to do?
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<blockquote data-quote="MalcolmV8" data-source="post: 15043383" data-attributes="member: 8854"><p>Have you seen how long you have to crank these cars before you get oil pressure? the pump is just sucking air when its dry and you have to crank it long enough to create enough suction to pull the oil up from the pan into the pump and then start building pressure in the engine. It takes so long it almost defeats the purpose of your priming because you have to spin everything over so much.</p><p></p><p>If you've ever had an engine completely drained of oil, lifters pumped down etc. and you just crank it over and fire it, watch how long the engine ticks and how long before the oil pressure gauge registers pressure. Then realize how much cranking of the starter that would take to get oil pressure.</p><p></p><p>Myself I took a bug / weed sprayer I got from the hardware store and just changed the nozzle to have some flex tubing and an NPT fitting. I remove the factory oil pressure sensor and screw in my sprayer. I dump about 4 to 5 quarts of oil in it (oil pan drained) and then pump it up and open the valve and let it push oil through the engine under some pressure. While it's going I turn the crank over slowly by hand with a socket so all the oil holes on the crank and rods etc. line up at some point and let the oil pressure go through everywhere. When I crank and fire the motor I get instant oil pressure and if lifters were drained or replaced they silence within a second because oil is already pushed through out the entire system.</p><p></p><p>Just me, some feel that's over kill. Your call.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MalcolmV8, post: 15043383, member: 8854"] Have you seen how long you have to crank these cars before you get oil pressure? the pump is just sucking air when its dry and you have to crank it long enough to create enough suction to pull the oil up from the pan into the pump and then start building pressure in the engine. It takes so long it almost defeats the purpose of your priming because you have to spin everything over so much. If you've ever had an engine completely drained of oil, lifters pumped down etc. and you just crank it over and fire it, watch how long the engine ticks and how long before the oil pressure gauge registers pressure. Then realize how much cranking of the starter that would take to get oil pressure. Myself I took a bug / weed sprayer I got from the hardware store and just changed the nozzle to have some flex tubing and an NPT fitting. I remove the factory oil pressure sensor and screw in my sprayer. I dump about 4 to 5 quarts of oil in it (oil pan drained) and then pump it up and open the valve and let it push oil through the engine under some pressure. While it's going I turn the crank over slowly by hand with a socket so all the oil holes on the crank and rods etc. line up at some point and let the oil pressure go through everywhere. When I crank and fire the motor I get instant oil pressure and if lifters were drained or replaced they silence within a second because oil is already pushed through out the entire system. Just me, some feel that's over kill. Your call. [/QUOTE]
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