, 2012 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Engine pre-start oiling coming back from long term
storage
If you really want to get picky about this you could hand-turn the engine
several rotations first before you start it up. That should get enough oil
into the mating parts
On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:01:49 -0500 Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Prelube systems that use a secondary source, such as an electric motor,
to pressurize the lubrication system prior to cranking are common on
Arctic equipment as well as some stationary engines.
That's how the generator set
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Subject: [MBZ] Engine pre-start oiling coming back from long term storage
Situation here is three 123 cars with 617 engines that have been in storage
from shortest time, 2 years, to longest time, 11 years. Climate is AZ dry
desert.
What is the wisdom of the group regarding 1) best
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Situation here is three 123 cars with 617
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Situation here is three 123 cars with 617 engines that have been in storage
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I have heard Marvel Mystery Oil as a good thing to use. I have no idea
what Marvel Mystery Oil is, it is a mystery to me! I suppose any light
lubricant would be good to use, something that will creep into various
tight spaces.
--R
On 2/10/12 3:59 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:
I like Gerry's
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From: Rich Thomas
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 2:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Engine pre-start oiling coming back from long term
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I have heard Marvel Mystery Oil as a good thing to use. I have no idea
what Marvel Mystery Oil
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Engine pre-start oiling coming back from long term
storage
If you really want to get picky about this you could hand-turn the engine
several rotations first
Situation here is three 123 cars with 617 engines that have been in storage
from shortest time, 2 years, to longest time, 11 years. Climate is AZ dry
desert.
What is the wisdom of the group regarding 1) best and easiest place to
connect a pre-oiling gadget 2) what kind of pre-oil gadget
If I was going to pre-lube I'd go through the oil sender port. That said, as
long as you have run synthetic in it, and as long as there is oil in it, I
would just fire it up. I could send quoted text from a Marshall Booth post on
something similar. He said that all you need is a molecule layer
On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:50:15 -0600 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com
wrote:
If I was going to pre-lube I'd go through the oil sender port. That
said, as long as you have run synthetic in it, and as long as there is
oil in it, I would just fire it up.
If you're really concerned, you could pull
In a diesel I sat in the car and cranked the motor while watching the oil
pressure gauge. I cranked for at least a half minute after the oil
pressure came up.
In a gas burner I did the same but took out the plugs and added about a
half ounce of light oil to each cylinder, waited 20-30 minutes
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