[T3] No oil pressure

David Sanderson djsanderson at telus.net
Sat May 11 08:22:42 PDT 2013


Hello Dave

Thanks for the comments. Indeed, I have the on the ground and the coil not hooked up. Originally I tried to start it because I have built many of these engines without a problem and was very surprised when this one went sideways. Next time I will be even more conservative than I am now.
Dave

On May 11, 2013, at 5:32 AM, Dave Pallo wrote:

> [[[Well, it started fine but there was no oil pressure.]]]
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> I'm not a seasoned engine rebuilder like many on this list, but I have to
> ask; why would you even try to run the engine when you knew you had no oil
> pressure? That sounds like machine shop blasphemy to me!
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> I read where you leave the spark plugs and coil wire out and then crank the
> motor over (in few-second spurts) until oil pressure built up - only then
> you could install the plugs and coil wire and start the engine.
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> Dave Pallo
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> '72 Square ~ Elwood
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> Fairport, NY
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