I do it by unscrewing the oil pressure switch, sticking a 1/4" BSP nipple in and connecting up a 1 litre hand pump. Pump slowly and firmly to make sure some oil ends up in the engine oil pump.
Fitted new cam and lifters. Refitted oil cooler. I am concerned about priming oil galleries prior to starting engine, I’m not sure how to do it. Is there a way to do this safely?
I do it by unscrewing the oil pressure switch, sticking a 1/4" BSP nipple in and connecting up a 1 litre hand pump. Pump slowly and firmly to make sure some oil ends up in the engine oil pump.
Will it pump oil into oil cooler aswell?
If its a petrol motor pull the plugs out disconnect the coil and crank till oil light goes out. If its a diesel tben remove glow plugs and do the same. If its a td5 they only have 4 glow plugs. Im not sure wether u can turn the fuel off to stop the cylinder that has no glow plug from firing. Maybe unplug tbe injector loom or pull out a fuse and crank till oil light goes off?
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well,,,, you could mark each lead and unplug them,, just stand well clear when turning over
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I recently had a new 4.6 to start. I filled the oil cooler, filled the oil filter, accessed the port on the side of the oil filter housing and filled it until oil ran out and did it again. When I had installed the oil pump when the engine was being built, I filled it with oil (not grease as advised for a 3.5) - sure it does run back into the sump but enough stays in to help on start.
I made sure I had a working oil pressure light sender and light.
Even with filling everything possible it took about 2 minutes of cranking before pressure is achieved - only is achieved when the oil pump has pumped oil all the way up to the top of the engine (takes a while) and the oil hits the restriction of the small passages in the rocker gear and allows pressure to build up.
On actual start, the oil pressure came up immediately.
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