Re: IML: Replacing lifters ?in a 440

[David Whitney <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is no advantage to leaving the cylinder heads dry when starting the
engine other than you get to hear it purr sooner.  The trade-off is you
have put a couple thousand miles of unnecessary wear on your brand,
spanking new and insufficiently lubricated valve train.  In addition, you
had to endure the clatters and clacks that it made while starving for oil.

The clattering and clacking lasts even longer if you forget to prime the
oil filter -- it holds nearly a quart by itself.

The "right" way is to use the drill and pump up the pressure manually.  The
"easy" way is to crank the engine with the coil wire unplugged until you
see pressure at the oil pressure gauge (provided your car has such a thing
or you attached one for testing purposes).  If you have no gauge, crank for
about 20 seconds, wait a couple minutes for the starter to cool off
(remember that recent message thread?) and crank 20 more seconds.  Then
reattach the coil wire and fire away.

Happy motoring,

David



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