Priming Motor

[socalblue]

Since my trucks been sitting for a while now I figured Id play it safe and prime the motor before firing it up. Can this be done without removing the upper intake? Accd. to Chiltons you need to remove it?

It's been sitting now for about two months, is it safe to start without priming it? I really want to fire this boy up but this is pretty crucial so I figured I should.

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: Priming Motor

how long has it been sitting? you could always just disconnect your coil and injector harness and crank it till you see some oil pressure on your gauge.

 

[TYHOGG]

Re: Priming Motor

2 months shouldn't be long enough to worry about anything. The valve train might clatter for a second before the lifters fill back up. At idle it won't cause any damage.

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: Priming Motor

2 months is nothing. i didn't see that in the orig post. just fire it up.

 

[socalblue]

Re: Priming Motor

Just what I wanted to hear, thanks.

For reference though, what would be the max. sit time before priming is a must?

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: Priming Motor

2months and 1 day

 

[TYHOGG]

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2months and 1 day

LOL, Ass.

I'm not sure, its usally the gas that goes bad after a while. It will start to seperate in the tank with out some kind of stabilizer.

 

[tbauer03]

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but to answer the question about doing it with the upper intake on. It is easy to do just remove the distributor and use the right priming tool http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=MOR-62200&autoview=sku with extensions attached to a drill and spin the drill which will spin the oil pump. But like everyone else said the motor hasn't sat that long so none of this matters.

 

[socalblue]

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All right thanks guys for the input, just wanted more opinions before I started her up :tup: