How Long Does it Take To Prime a New Engine? | Sick Week Build Part 7
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Ever wondered how long it takes to prime a new engine with oil? It took over 2 minutes of turning the pump with the drill to get to all of the rockers in the top end of the new engine. That doesn't include time spent turning the engine over about a 1/4 revolution about 6 separate times to ensure all the lifters, push rods, and rockers received fresh break-in oil. The oil pump, oil filter, and lifters were installed dry, just to see how long it could take. I used a pump priming tool off of Amazon to perform the job. You can also rig up a used distributor to do the job. Whatever you use, it needs to fit snuggly in the lower cam bearing bore to ensure that the engine builds oil pressure. So if you have your valve covers on and you think you can just spin the pump for 20 or 30 seconds and have the entire engine primed, think again. Make sure you prime the engine for an adequate amount of time, and roll the engine over periodically while you are priming if possible.
Priming Tool: amzn.to/3XTY5Op
Break-in Oil: amzn.to/3ZePuqH
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Break-in Oil
02:07 Priming
11:11 Conclusion
11:26 Outro - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Today, I witnessed the answer to the age old question of how to use a funnel correctly. Your wizardry is sheer genius. This level of hacksmithery has indeed changed my life for the better.
Funnelry is a mysterious art 😎
We did not have fancy oil priming tools but most of us have a distributor with the gear ground off and drill bit welded to the top. I remember making mine in 1985 :)
Oh and pack you oil pump better that took too long.
No need to pack the pump. That pump picks up oil just fine every time the engine starts with nothing but wet gears.
@@freedomworx But the first time is the worst time to be dry. The fact he is priming the engine show that. If you do not need to pack the pump then why prime? Packing protects the pump vanes during break in. The fact the engine primes quicker is a side effect not the reason for doing it.
@@famcadjr That’s completely false. Anything you pack in that pump gets swept away in seconds. Oil pumps don’t break in…bearings don’t break in… the only thing that’s breaking in is Flat Tappet Cams and lifters, and piston rings and cylinder bores. 🤷🏻♂️
I commented on your short video and would add here nowadays we used a penumatic oil primer. Made one out of an small cylinder with valves hose pressure gauge etc. Should look into it
I’ve got an LS that’ll need priming, so I plan to make one for it 👍
Holy smokes, a nicad drill in 2023, you used it for 1 minute and had to change out 3 batteries, you're doing some good deadpan brother cause i cant tell if this is a joke or not.
There is a lot of time cut out of the film, and the batteries weren’t even fully charged. I assembled the engine with a dry pump, filter, and lifters, to see how long it could take. Obviously shouldn’t take this long, but it could.
My grandpa always told me, if you want to break her in right, drink a few beers first.
Break-in and initial fire up are a little different. The only thing that breaks in are rings, the bore, and cam if it is Flat Tappet. Bearings, But yes, break-in is all about putting load on the rings!
Cheap Amazon prime tool plus a drill from 1999= an absolute waste of your time! Better tools=better results.
It's got nothing the do with the tool. The lifters were dry. How much money do you owe the Snap-on Tool truck driver???