more minutia...if one drains the oil and leaves the pan empty for an
extended period ( usually more than an hour or two) the pump will frequently
drain enough to lose it's prime...
Dave
Frogeye@SWCP.com Taos Garage Annex in Albuquerque
'62 BT7 MK II, '54 BN1, '62 Fiat 1600S
http://www.britishcarforum.com/TaosAnnex.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert - YELLOW 65BJ8" <rnbmail@yahoo.com>
To: "Healeys List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Cc: "Tom Collins" <montara@comcast.net>
Sent: 03/03/2005 5:28 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Six Cylinder Engine Questions - Filter priming?.
> List, Thought you all may be interested in the
> priming the filter question. Comments welcome.
>
> Robert/YELLOW 65BJ8
>
> --- Robert - YELLOW 65BJ8 <rnbmail@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:21:40 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Robert - YELLOW 65BJ8 <rnbmail@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: Six Cylinder Engine Questions.
> > To: GLWilkieAlaska@aol.com
> >
> > Graham,
> >
> > When you repace the filter on a Jeep or a BMW, you
> > do
> > not prime the filter. And I never did on any of my
> > cars before now. But, in the case of older cars
> > with
> > looser tolerances and clunky design it makes sense
> > to
> > do so if it is easy. I had thought also of the plug
> > approach in the filter bowl. I may buy an old bowl,
> > and have a plug welded on at a top position to make
> > it
> > possible. I do not like the sound of screwing
> > around
> > with a hole below the carbs on the opposite site of
> > the block.
> > Lets see, Robert/65BJ8.
> >
> > --- GLWilkieAlaska@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Robert,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your message, I was starting to think
> > > that due to the lack of
> > > response, I had asked silly questions. (But how
> > else
> > > am I going to learn?)
> > >
> > > If anybody replies "off-list" I will pass along to
> > > you any helpful advice.
> > >
> > > To digress momentarily, I once had an MG-TD, and
> > it
> > > had an oil filter priming
> > > plug, right on the filter assembly; just pour oil
> > in
> > > the plug hole until its
> > > full, put the plug back in, and it was primed.
> > This
> > > could be done with the
> > > filter assembly bolted right on the block.
> > >
> > > So with that experience in mind, I suspected that
> > I
> > > should have been priming
> > > a new oil filter element on the Healey, I just
> > don't
> > > know how to do it. The
> > > thought of filling the filter assembly and trying
> > to
> > > quickly then maneuver it
> > > into position, and then get the flange and gasket
> > to
> > > seal, and the two mounting
> > > bolts tightened up, all at the same time, before
> > the
> > > oil comes gushing back
> > > out seems so ridiculous, that surely not even the
> > > British could have dreamed it
> > > up.
> > >
> > > The idea of starting the engine and having it run
> > > without oil circulation,
> > > even momentarily, while a new filter element is
> > > priming, just doesn't sound
> > > right to me.
> > >
> > > I thought, when I discovered the mysterious plug
> > in
> > > the left side of the
> > > Healey block was called "Plug, oil filter feed
> > hole"
> > > that this was the answer to
> > > the priming riddle. I hope someone out there can
> > > help me (us) with this.
> > >
> > > Regards, Graham.
> > > HBJ8L / 32382
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