Subject	after an engine has sat for a while, would you....
Posted by	genic on May 30, 2016 at 10:26 PM
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Message	do the following before firing it up? (please add anything that i might have missed) 1) drain ALL fluids 2) flush the coolant system 3) replace the coolant with distilled water & antifreeze (30/70? 40/60? 50/50? mixture of water/antifreeze) 4) flush the oil system with new synthetic 10w/30 5) replace the oil in the system with new synthetic (which kind, which weight??? need suggestions on this one) 6) crank by hand (or drill) in 20 second spurts for a total of 2-3 minutes with the fuel pump disconnected (via fuse relay) 7) ???? 8) put everything together for a running engin and try to crank it?? 9) profit!!??!?!?!!! fyi, i have put an larger oil cooler via a sandwich adapter on the oil tree with filter. of course the gas will be drained and replaced with new gas so, what have i missed that YOU would add or do differently??
Follow Ups	after an engine has sat for a while, would you.... - genic 22:26:53 05/30/16 Was it a good engine or are you trying to validate - CmyZ 22:41:23 05/30/16 change the oil & filter, check coolant, start... - Bernie (NoVA) 01:18:46 05/31/16 Probably overkill, but you could prime the oil system before - Polish 02:29:28 05/31/16 Where was the oil leak you were able to find? - ZXoltan 09:01:56 05/31/16 It was a SS Turbo oil line that I didn't tighten. - Polish 00:14:13 06/01/16
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