does every one prime up the oil pump before they turn over their engines for the first time?

some people have told me to take the dizzy out and using a bit of copper and a drill to where the dizzy usually goes, spin the geas so the oil pump spins and pumps oil to the capillaries of the engine, thus oiling it up before start up

but sounds like a bit of a prick of a job putting the dizzy back in n that...

ill be using that assembly greasy on all the components when building it (cam, bearings etc) and oil up everything else that has metal/metal contact, is it still necisarry?

its a rover v8 btw


cheers for any feedback guys

leave the power off the coil ,whip out the plugs,connect a good battery and crank till you get o/p, connect the power ,plugs in and fire away ,dont idle it keep the revs up around 1.5k for 15 mins ,then turn it off dump the oil and filter add new stuff and away you go .Thats my recipe and never had a problem ,i have no doubt there will be others who will disagree :beer:beer

I have to agree with toplessbug I do the same.

I even take the wire off the coil and build oil pressure after an oil change.
then put the wire back on and start the car.

Marc

wot they said!

excellent, cheers guys

looks like that is how i will be doin it!

thanks


kevo

agreed

yep, i did the same. Spray a bit of spray oil through the spark plug holes, leave sparkies out, crank for a min or so. Put spark plugs back in and off you go.

i concur.

...as long as the oil pump doesn't need priming, like some V8s do...

Fill your oil pump with STP for initial startup. Ensures priming. Then do what Toplessbug said.

Brendan

yeah what they all said

It's critical to have oil pressure before initial startup. The methods that others have suggested work fine. Just crank until the oil light goes off, then reconnect the coil and get it going! It can take a while if your oil pump is dry and some pumps do need priming or you'll just suck air.
If you have a new cam(s) and lifters you'll need to "break it in". Your camshaft manufacturer will have given instructions on how to do this.
If you've just done a rebuild then there is no need to hold a sustained rpm for x amount of minutes. Just drive it normally from the word go bearing in mind that you don't over-rev or under-rev and that you change the oil after the first 100km, then after 1000km.
Everyone has their way...this is mine.
Cheers!
Toby