Turning engine over

[Arbman Al]

Hi All,

With my engine being out at the moment I turn it over by hand to try and keep it lubed.
As I have the starter motor fitted is it possible (or advisable or not) to connect jump leads to it to spin the engine over properly? If so which terminals would I connect the jump leads to?

Rgds......Al

[Westfaling]

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Al
You definitely won't circulate any oil by turning it over by hand. You will stop the rings/valves seizing or rusting. My view is that if you've got good new oil in the engine it should stay put to lubricate moving parts but you may want to spray WD40 or some other water replant into the bores before turning it over to keep the bores /valve seats protected. We used to do this in Canada when winterizing our Summer cars. It was generally only recommended to start the engine if you were going to run it long enough to get the engine up to temp and keep it there for a while - to remove any moisture that may have condensed inside the engine. Don't leave old oil in an engine.
Hope this helps
Regards
nick

[V Mad]

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Al, just turning over by hand from time to time should be all thats needed. Put a squirt of engine oil in each plug hole before you do it. Was the oil changed before storage? Is the storage area reasonably dry?

[Arbman Al]

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The engine has just been rebuilt and will be going back in the car soon. It has fresh oil in it and is bring kept in my garage. I have already put some oil in the plug holes. I have been turning it by hand once a week for a month now, just wondered if using the starter motor would be ok. I was not planning on actually trying to start the engine on the bench:shock:

Rgds........Al

[GDPR]

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You're doing enough I feel, assuming the engine isn't being left out in the rain.....

Russ:dude:

[Dave L]

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Hi Nick

What you describe is still common practise here in Canada. Any type of motor that is going into seasonal storage should have the engine "fogged". I have done it on snowmobiles,outboard motors,lawnmowers and my Stag ,etc. We can ,and maybe you can,purchase fogging oil in an aerosol cans.The procedure is to run the engine until it is up to operating temperature and thenpark it in its seasonal resting place. Remove the air filter,start the engine and then spray the fogging oil into the carb intakes until the engine stalls. If you have more than one carb you will need the same amount of cans of fogging oil. I have been doing this,along with the requirement for extended storage,for years.

The above procedure produces lots of smoke and this may be frowned upon by the environmental watchdogs in your area.

Dave L

Toronto. Canada

[Arbman Al]

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Thanks for the replies.

I will just carry on doing what I am doing then.

Rgds....Al.

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Dave L wrote:

Hi Nick

What you describe is still common practise here in Canada. Any type of motor that is going into seasonal storage should have the engine "fogged". I have done it on snowmobiles,outboard motors,lawnmowers and my Stag ,etc. We can ,and maybe you can,purchase fogging oil in an aerosol cans.The procedure is to run the engine until it is up to operating temperature and thenpark it in its seasonal resting place. Remove the air filter,start the engine and then spray the fogging oil into the carb intakes until the engine stalls. If you have more than one carb you will need the same amount of cans of fogging oil. I have been doing this,along with the requirement for extended storage,for years.

The above procedure produces lots of smoke and this may be frowned upon by the environmental watchdogs in your area.

Dave L

Toronto. Canada

Hi Dave, that's a very interesting suggestion, however I'm betting nobody in UK knows what fogging oil is - including me, also you're stuck with much harsher conditions than we have to deal with. Love the fact that you can come online and offer advice, from thousands of miles away, live,it's brilliant ! Martin.