Hi Ken,
I had a similar situation when I had assembled my BGT after restoration.
Everything had been taken from the engine bay.
The engine itself had not been worked on.
I also started cranking without the plugs in and nothing happened.
I was scared to death the engine would be damaged already.
So I asked the list and got the advise: keep on cranking!
It seems that filling the oil cooler by cranking costs quite some time
before the pressure builds up.
Anyway I did some extra cranking and yes the pressure went up to 60!
Perhaps it is just this and it may safe you a lot of work.
I order to prevent piston wear, you may put a little engine oil into each
cylinder before doing the cranking again.
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Waringa [mailto:kwaringa@dynsys.com]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:38 PM
To: MG
Cc: Joe Ricci
Subject: No oil pressure
We reinstalled the rebuilt engine in a 1972 MGB yesterday, but when turning
it over without spark plugs we can't get any oil pressure. Before you ask,
yes we did fill it with oil. :-) To verify it wasn't just the gauge, I
disconnected the line from the block that feeds the oil gauge, and found
nothing. I then removed the oil filter and it was still dry.
Any suggestions on what to do now? We really don't want to pull the engine
if we can help it.
Thanks,
Ken
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