reanimate a old engine
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reanimate a old engine
soon i will have a wrecked car in which the engine was only 25k kilometers rebuild.That car sits now for sure 10 years aside, without ever running .
I would like to start it and have it warm to inspect oil pressure and compression...
Now besides fresh oil and fuel , can i hook up a batterie and try a start ?
Should i pull the plugs first and add some 2stroke oil in the cilinders ?
Are there other important things to check first as not to damage the engine by a temp to run ?
I will ofcourse inspect visually the belt for a" startup" and renew if we plan on using this engine further....
thanks for any ideas...
Norbert
I would like to start it and have it warm to inspect oil pressure and compression...
Now besides fresh oil and fuel , can i hook up a batterie and try a start ?
Should i pull the plugs first and add some 2stroke oil in the cilinders ?
Are there other important things to check first as not to damage the engine by a temp to run ?
I will ofcourse inspect visually the belt for a" startup" and renew if we plan on using this engine further....
thanks for any ideas...
Norbert
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Some oil in the bores sounds good, then with plugs removed, crank it over enough times to get the oil pump pushing oil throughout the engine.
If the enigine isn't going to be removed from the donor vehicle imediately after these tests, then drain/change coolant.
I would be very wary of a cambelt that hasn't moved for 10 years...... safer to change it first ?
If the enigine isn't going to be removed from the donor vehicle imediately after these tests, then drain/change coolant.
I would be very wary of a cambelt that hasn't moved for 10 years...... safer to change it first ?
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Should i pull the plugs first and add some 2stroke oil in the cilinders ?
Are there other important things to check first as not to damage the engine by a temp to run ?
I will ofcourse inspect visually the belt for a" startup" and renew if we plan on using this engine further....
Should i pull the plugs first and add some 2stroke oil in the cilinders ?
Are there other important things to check first as not to damage the engine by a temp to run ?
I will ofcourse inspect visually the belt for a" startup" and renew if we plan on using this engine further....
After you can spin it by hand, check the belt tension at 0 and then rotate and check again.
Once everything moves freely without expensive sounds, and the belt has proper tension, put the plugs back in and turn it over with the starter sans fuel pressure. If everything still sounds good, push the fuel pump relay back in and cross your fingers. Good Luck!
Last edited by EC928NC; Dec 21, 2008 at 11:02 PM.
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Yes, what year?
Oil/filter change before a single rotation of the crank, in my opinion. Look for foreign matter.
I'd do a coolant drain / change too.
Pull passenger cam cover.
I might disconnect the power steering pump, just to possibly keep from pumping reservoir crap into the rack.
Cycle the engine by hand before starting, plugs out.
Just take your time. A gram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure, so to speak.
Oil/filter change before a single rotation of the crank, in my opinion. Look for foreign matter.
I'd do a coolant drain / change too.
Pull passenger cam cover.
I might disconnect the power steering pump, just to possibly keep from pumping reservoir crap into the rack.
Cycle the engine by hand before starting, plugs out.
Just take your time. A gram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure, so to speak.
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Three Wheelin'
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thanks for the replys !
now i'm not sure yet about the year... think a 82-83... as the owner described. He bought the car "wrecked" as for spares for his running car but doesn't use it much so in 10 years never needed a spare item.. Car is even stocked between pallets in a hangar , so i even couldn't see it...
He will free it up one of these days and transport it to my garage. We agreed to "buy" the engine after i see some life in it and all seems good.
Now about the belt... sh*t, i removed a perfectly good one from my "racer" to put a new one on it... and discarded that belt... had i know...
but , are all the 16V non-interference ?
now i'm not sure yet about the year... think a 82-83... as the owner described. He bought the car "wrecked" as for spares for his running car but doesn't use it much so in 10 years never needed a spare item.. Car is even stocked between pallets in a hangar , so i even couldn't see it...
He will free it up one of these days and transport it to my garage. We agreed to "buy" the engine after i see some life in it and all seems good. Now about the belt... sh*t, i removed a perfectly good one from my "racer" to put a new one on it... and discarded that belt... had i know...
but , are all the 16V non-interference ?
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Like a few others here I can absolutly state that some 16V motors are interference. I will be pulling my motor today as my belt jumped a few teeth and aterwards I had no compression in one hole.
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<MORE>, please. Year and type now. Later, what you find when you get in there.