Hydraulic tappets cleaned now won't start (update)

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RobboMC
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Re: Hydraulic tappets cleaned now won't start (update)

Post by RobboMC » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:49 am

An idea for the future:

when we first started my new engine we had no idea how much ( if any ) oil was in the tappets from the rebuild.
We came up with this ingenious solution:

Lower roof and lock car.
Open car door with key and intentionally trigger the immobiliser.
Crank the engine for a few minutes to fill tappets and raise oil pressure. It won't start with immobiliser triggered.

When oil pressure light goes out, quickly lock and unlock car with key fob,
then start the engine.

So use less oil in the tappets than is needed and let the engine fill them up correctly with the oil pressure.

This method worked a treat, I call it the Cameron method as that's the name of the guy that thought of it.

The old one
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Re: Hydraulic tappets cleaned now won't start (update)

Post by The old one » Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:57 am

Excellent idea

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