New motor, how long to see oil pressure?
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I had to crank mine a good 30 seconds after a head/cam/oil pump swap before seeing any pressure on the gauge. When cranking, I disconnected the fuel pump and had no spark plugs in to make it easier to turn over. I wiped the cylinder walls down with assembly lube when putting everything back together.
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Your gauge might not show anything while cranking, keep that in mind. Mine did not and I did 3 10-12 second bursts. Soon as we plugged in the injectors it fired right up and immediately had 60+psi.
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Leave out the spark plugs so it's easier for the starter to turn the engine as it won't be working against the compression. It'll seem like an eternity, but it will take a good 30 seconds. It will build fast once you start seeing pressure.
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I had to crank mine a good 30 seconds after a head/cam/oil pump swap before seeing any pressure on the gauge. When cranking, I disconnected the fuel pump and had no spark plugs in to make it easier to turn over. I wiped the cylinder walls down with assembly lube when putting everything back together.
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i just dropped mine in last sunday i turned it over for about 10 seconds with the coil packs unplugged plugged them in and fired up shot up to over 60psi then bumped the trottle a couple times to get oil to the valves
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X2 Same issue here, nothing on the gauge, none of the gauges on my cluster work while starting the car. Once running however, it instantly had 60+