Cold Starting Long Standing Engines

@belmateo please tell the readers why you disagree with my post.

I disagree with your post because a person should never crank a new engine with the starter to get oil pressure. Call any machine shop and ask them.

More info on why not. New engine, no oil in anything, just the assembly lube, whatever that was, and this one is 10 years old. Now you want to rotate all these new parts with zero oil pressure to build pressure. How long is this going to take with everything dry? 15-20 seconds? More? The oil pump is driven off the camshaft which turns at half crankshaft speed. So that’s not very fast when cranking the engine. 600rpm divided by 2=300 rpm.

It’s just a lazy shortcut that could you cause some damage and lessen the life of parts. Engines are expensive enough. Pre oiling with a drill is super easy on mopar V8’s, So just do it And know it’s all oiled inside.


There will still be plenty of time to sit on your *** and surf car websites after the job is done correctly.