Oil pump

[Bandit1200]

Ooooh ! I like the sound of that ! Martin.

PS, I've been pulling off the king lead for that purpose for 40 years, never had a coil fail.

Martin
There's a special web site for us.
Steve

[jleyton]

I'm a big fan of what Russ has suggested - drive the oil pump with a cordless drill.

It gets the oil everywhere without any risk as you've not got any parts moving.

Cheers

Julian

[wilf]

That method is the right way to prime a newly rebuilt engine, but for one that has been running, and where you have just dropped off the oil pump to refit O rings, it is overkill IMHO.

[blue 464]

Chris, thanks, as usual differing views but all advice is useful, derek

[Gresley]

The job is done and she is running again Can't go for a run though as we have 3 inches of snow

I did the oil transfer housing at the same time so I hope there will be no leaks now... the job was straightforward and didn't actually take long. As suggested I packed the pump with vaseline before putting it back and I decided to try turning the engine over with the plugs out to prime it. I was amazed when the oil light went out in 3 seconds!! Phew!

I also discovered that the downpipe had been blowing at the manifold, very strange as I had not heard anything unusual.

Thanks again for your help everyone, I was a little nervous about playing with the oil pump.

Brian. I'm not the messiah either!!