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Jul 24, 2015 | 01:04 PM

Poppster

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Oil priming question

About to start up my lq4 swapped trans am this weekend for the first time. No internal work done just swapped oil pan and accessories over. Do I need to worry about priming the engine? It's say a couple weeks without oil in the pan. If so how do I go about it?

Jul 24, 2015 | 09:58 PM

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couple weeks that's it?

People store their cars for longer periods

Make sure the oil filter is full, and the battery has 12v and every plug/electrical connector is attached as to minimize dry starts..

Jul 24, 2015 | 11:41 PM

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when I built my motor, I used a cheap drill pump hose clamped to where the oil filer screws on and primed with that while someone was turning the crank with a breaker bar. worked pretty damned good, showed like 60psi on the guage.

It gave me a warm and fuzzy, at least.

Jul 25, 2015 | 08:46 AM

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Sorry, clarification. The engine is not built. It was pulled from a wrecked running truck. So it sat for about 3 weeks with out oil in it on a stand. I haven't touched anything inside the engine.

Jul 25, 2015 | 09:04 AM

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Its still a good idea to prime it. But if you want to be **** about it, make sure you get oil out of all the pushrods/rockers. ( just like SBC/BBC)

Jul 25, 2015 | 09:12 AM

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I saw people using a garden sprayer and pushing it in the oil port at the front of the block. But that would only get to one side of the oil pump (right)
how would I get it to the other side?