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Kenny (Recovry4x4) brought something up a few weeks ago... cranking to build up oil pressure.
I noticed yesterday when I started the deuce that even with the filled oil filter (NAPA 1729xd), it took about 8 seconds before oil pressure began to build up. The reason, instant start. The truck had been sitting for several days, so it wasn't warmed up or anything, it just started the instant I hit the start button. Biodiesel with a residue of methanol may have something to do with it.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
At first I thought something was amiss, but realized that cranking, naturally, must help get the oil flowing.
Only a prelubricator can solve that problem, since cranking is in itself running it dry, although more benign.
What I'm also saying is that "time to oil pressure" should include cranking time.
I noticed yesterday when I started the deuce that even with the filled oil filter (NAPA 1729xd), it took about 8 seconds before oil pressure began to build up. The reason, instant start. The truck had been sitting for several days, so it wasn't warmed up or anything, it just started the instant I hit the start button. Biodiesel with a residue of methanol may have something to do with it.
At first I thought something was amiss, but realized that cranking, naturally, must help get the oil flowing.
Only a prelubricator can solve that problem, since cranking is in itself running it dry, although more benign.
What I'm also saying is that "time to oil pressure" should include cranking time.