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05-21-2005, 01:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Engine\'s been sitting after rebuild, What to do?

My 408 had been sitting since I rebuilt it for about 2 months. Is there anything specific I need to do before I try to fire it up. I just want to make sure the rings seat like there supposed to. I'm going to prime the oil system for sure, but want to make sure there isn't anything else I need to do.
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05-21-2005, 02:53 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Engine\'s been sitting after rebuild, What to do?

I recently started my 460 which sat for 11 months after being assembled. I primed it for a couple of minutes (til the electric drill got hot) before starting.it.

After driving for 2 days, I've had no adverse problems I'd associate with that.

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05-21-2005, 03:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Engine\'s been sitting after rebuild, What to do?

All that needs to be done is go for it! Like Mike said, there's no real problems. All of mine sit a LOT [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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05-21-2005, 04:10 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Engine\'s been sitting after rebuild, What to do?

good, I just wanted to make sure I didn't have to do anything special.
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