<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I coat the lifters and cam liberally with Crane Cam Lube upon assembly and I put VR1 no synthetic in the pan by pumping it in through a "T" on the the oil pressure line. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">When pressure is established I crank the engine for several 20 second bursts about 5 minutes apart ensuring that oil pressure is well established each time.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I then start the engine and run it up to 12 - 1500 RPM for about 15 - 20 seconds.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I let everything cool down (5 - 10 minutes) and do the same again 2 or 3 times. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Only after that do I start running the engine up to temperature.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">My theory is that it's important to prevent the high spots on the cam and lifters from getting hot until they have had a chance to "bed in". <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">It works for me but as they say ... results may vary!!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">M<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 2:45 PM Andy Sneddon <<a href="mailto:sneddon@xsmail.com">sneddon@xsmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB"><div class="gmail-m_-3269080505824228770WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Michael,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> Could you elaborate on what steps you take to … “</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">condition them very carefully on initial start”. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> As some-one who is approaching first start-up after rebuild, anything I can do to help prolong engine life is of interest.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andy</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-color:rgb(181,196,223) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Michael Salter <<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Sunday, 10 May 2020 at 18:33<br><b>To: </b>Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Cc: </b><<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Oil Pressure<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"How did the cam and lifters look (oblique ZDDP reference)?"</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Another very good question ... </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Again completely undamaged. </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After earlier suffering a serious lifter and cam failure in that engine I had taken enormous care to condition them very carefully on initial start up with the replacements and used VR1 non synthetic oil exclusively thereafter.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This experience and others have me pretty well convinced that lifter/cam problems are usually initiated on first start up of a new engine and if they get through the first few minutes of running they will last well.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BTW I've sold all my holdings in Valvoline </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">🤣🤣</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">M</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, May 10, 2020, 1:15 PM Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Michael,<br><br>How did the cam and lifters look (oblique ZDDP reference)?<br><br>Bob<br><br><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 5/10/2020 10:05 AM, Michael Salter wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms"">Good question Roger. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms"">Amazingly the crank journals had some oil residue burned onto them which easily polished off. This was a nitrided crank.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms"">The shells themselves definitely were also in "do not reuse" condition with burned oil on the surfaces but when checked with "Plastigage" were still within spec. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms"">Sure blew me away!!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms"">M<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________ Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> Suggested annual donation $12.75 Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/sneddon@xsmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/sneddon@xsmail.com</a> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div>
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