Trust me, if you'd been here, you would have noticed the instant difference in the way the engine sounded just before it started. It was lack of oil pressure, lack of cranking speed and lack of compression. The oil in the cylinders is already gone. I hooked up the fuel system. The car starts first time, every time. Like it was brand-new! I cleaned the spark plugs with a wire brush on a dremel every time I fouled them. They are clean. However, the car is running disgustingly rich and needs to be adjusted. By the way, the exhaust sounds great. I'm so glad I replaced all that stuff. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> wrote: > Usually air in oil galleries is quickly ejected out top of heads. Can > delay lifters for a second or two (not an issue on your car I know), > but that's about it. Older domestics prime themselves every time you > start car. > > My R30 has a check valve south of filter to keep oil in, but ran > engine 2000 miles with it removed no problem (was afraid I had > introduced trash around pressure sending unit). Included Thanksgiving > trip to DC burning straight 30 weight in 28 degree temps. > > Filling oil filter isn't going to hurt anything (makes heck of a mess > though, eh?), but don't think that was problem. Doesn't prime pump -- > 6-9 inches of air back to it. And don't forget all that air rest of > the way through engine. Filling filter just gets oil to metal bits faster. > > Pouring a bunch of oil directly into cylinders is going to foul your > plugs terribly. Doesn't take much residue to stop spark. And once a > plug is fouled, unburned crap in cylinder just builds up like a > rolling stone gathering moss. What do electrodes on those therrible > Champions look like anyway? > > Bill Robertson > #5939 > > >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > > I had this thought this morning but was afraid to voice it lest I be > > wrong. > > > > I put in Marvel Mystery Oil. Good compression. Had no oil pressure > > from the oil system. Car started. > > > > Ok. Oil pressure begets compression. Compression begets combustion! > > > > So, I primed the oil pump like I said I would. I filled the filter to > > the brim and screwed it on as quick as I could. > > > > Like I said people, when the pump is air-bound, prime it! > > > > I own a running DeLorean!!!!!!!! It ran, and ran hot and beautiful off > > "the can" (ether). > > > > My oil pressure shot off the scale, and the light went out. I'll have > > to get a more accurate sender but she runs!! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12o885gmo/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=487411810> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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