Thread: HELP!!! V8 Won't Fire After Head Rebuild

Originally Posted by 400HPONGAS

It would be interesting to Know what was "re-learnt"

Nothing ..... It was just a flooded motor .... That's why some of us were getting him to do a "dry start" via the "octane in a can"

Originally Posted by 400HPONGAS

In hindsight , whenever Ive had this problem is was down to the New set of Lifters not being pre -bled along with insuffiecint Pre-priming of the oil system , Therefore very little lift of the valve when first starting up from rebuild .especailly with RV8's low lift cams , with there soft ramps , low lifts .and the huge pre-loads they run.
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.... I'll run with that ...


Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Just to teach how to suck eggs, I always place my lifters in a convenient tin full of clean oil, and get a big screwdriver and pump them up and down before putting them in the motor.
This will provide quite a bit of initial lube, although they may still rattle for a while.
Regards philip A

Yup, did this myself and got virtually no rattle as I primed the engine by hand before getting into the ignition key - was hot work during the current heat wave in Sydney though! 24mm socket and a breaker bar + many crankshaft turns = very sweaty work. The followers needed a fair amount of pressure to pump up and down in the tin too.