[TR] TR4 Oil Pump Priming

[Randall]

> I read that you are supposed to prime a new oil pump with 
> Vaseline or other
> substance.  I didn't prime the new pump and it is installed 
> with oil pan
> buttoned up.  It is an uprated pump by Steve Yott.  Do I need 
> to pull the
> pan and prime this thing??

Unlike most other engines, the TR2-4 motor actually submerges the pump in the oil.  Gravity will prime the pump.

It wouldn't hurt to spin the engine a few revolutions with the spark plugs out, to fill the oil galleries & filter as well; but I
certainly would not take it apart to pack the pump.

Besides, having all that Vaseline get pushed into the filter may not be the best thing anyway.

Randall