Title says it all. I'll imagine a yes but it's a lot of work and the oil control rings need break in time to seat properly so you won't get an accurate reading anyways. But thought I'd ask anyways.

Fresh rebuild has held 15psi of air in the coolant system for the last 18 hours. Yay. Just wanted to test the oil system for pressure before doing the front stack.

 

None that I know of.

Oil system isn't a sealed loop like the cooling system is; it gravity-bleeds oil past most bearings back into the pan, from several places.

 

It would require the front cover to be removed and the pump drive chain taken off so you can spin the pump. In other words, probably not worth it.

Just put it in, crank it with no spark until the pressure comes up. You should get about 15-20 psi on the starter.

 

What are the chances of the oil control ring springs slipping out of the dimple on the rotor, or off the control rings after they're installed on the workbench? Wish there was a way to check that, I was careful but would like to be sure.

Any chance if the springs slipped out of either place that they'll pop back where they belong?

 

the more you baby it, the likely it will break. so just install it and drive it like yo stole it.

 

Pretty low odds if installed right, I'd say.

As tight as the o-rings hold the hard seals, it'd take a LOT of force to get them to rotate in their bores after they're pressed in.

Once you press them down into the grooves as instructed (using an old ring to spread the force around), they don't rotate at all, and I've never had one pop back out during assembly once they were pushed in.

 

hook the engine up completely and remove the oil filter. crank the engine over and see if oil comes out from there.