Turbo priming ?

Steve uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Personal opinion, As long as your not thraping it when it fires up and your oil pressure light is rigged up then just go with the flow dude.

Realistically it will have sorted it's self anyway by the time you get the air out of the rest of the system.

Lee D

It's not a silly idea. However I'd be priming the whole engine - by whipping the glow plugs out, disconnecting thestop solenoid wire and spinning it on the starter until it builds oil pressure. By that time the turbo will be primed too.

The 200Tdi WILL self prime will it ? The V8 wouldn't would it ?

Steve

Steve uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Your V8 had a turbo? .... and you pulled it out......?

:-P

V8 oil pumps don't normally self prime and need packing with petroleum jelly if thats what you mean.

Never heard any isues of 200tdi's priming their pump. Has the engine got oil in? The way I read it it had just been stood as opposed to drained.

Lee D

Pay attention at the back...

Yes.

You're right. Just stood, AFAIK.

Steve

On or around Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:54:10 -0000, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

I've heard of a 200 TDi which survived idling for about half an hour with the vehicle on its side...

meanwhile... start it at idle, or prime the oil system as EMB suggests, and don't rev it for a minute or so.

Ta, I now have TWO 200Tdi plants to play with - my infamous rebuild project and one I picked up on Saturday, Rather than bugger about fitting them to the 101s and then finding out there's a problem, we're making up a test stand to mount them on and crank 'em up.

Steve

On or around Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:56:02 +0000, Steve enlightened us thusly:

gwaan, fit both of 'em to the 101... you know you want to...

Noooooooo.

Steve

Nah , couldn't do it... look how long one engine is taking.....

;-)

Lee D

a.) Smart arse. b.) Engine 2 is known working. besides, wait till you see engine 1.

Steve

:-D

It's a very wise idea. Undo the oil inlet banjo and squirt some oil into the inlet. Don't be stingy - squirt lots in.

The advice on priming the whole engine (i.e. filling all the oil galleries) is sound. Let the engine idle for a bit once started.

Lee is just bitter as he can't manage to get a v8 into a 2A :p

Tom Woods uttered summat worrerz funny about:

It's in.... but it's gotta come out again, and given how long it all took the first time around (Jag lump) then don't hold yer breath :-)

Lee D

What? How many engine swaps can one car have?

You DO know that you can put petrol in the hole on the side don't you? There's no need to pull the engine out and squirt it back up the pipe...

Tim Hobbs uttered summat worrerz funny about:

so this ain't normal petrol station practice then? ...

Lee D