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URGENT oil pressure stop engine
pudding:
4.7 litres with a filter change.
Pesky jones:
@Pudding thanks.
My dads mate is apparently a big petrol head has said he'll come look at it Saturday. Hes asked me to leave sump off so he can look at the "big ends "?
Im going to go with @rich83 suggestion of removing the valve cover and also the cam cover before he comes so we can look at valves under hand turning the crank. Hopefully see.if theres any damage to the cam chain.
Tonight im going to hand turn the crankshaft and if I have time remove the valve cover. Is it ok to turn the crankshaft with the sump empty? I wont leave the valve cover off when im done. Once again ill put a couple bolts back in to stop contamination.
Is it worth me doing all this?
r5gtt:
No you can't turn it with no oil in the sump DON'T DO IT.
that should have been done before you dropped the sump :sad1:
Markis236:
--- Quote from: r5gtt on March 01, 2016, 06:59:25 pm ---No you can't turn it with no oil in the sump DON'T DO IT.
that should have been done before you dropped the sump :sad1:
--- End quote ---
I don't see any issue with turning the crank with no oil in the sump as long as it's by hand there will still be a film of oil on all moving parts :signLOL:
doylebros:
Firstly it's not good practice but you'll be ok as the last poster quoted an oil film does remain trapped.
You need to turn the engine clockwise when looking at the crank nut - two full turns is needed so the camshaft has done one full revolution as a minimum.
Now it turned over and showed the characteristic of a healthy engine so that's looking very favourable.
Sleep easy and wait till your dads mate turns up - if he doesn't turn up go back to filling it with oil and trying to start it with the fuel pump disconnected(fuse removed) then watch to see if the dash red oil light goes out.
Then report back your findings.
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