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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 09:17 AM
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Car been parked/no compression

Advice from the list: crank over till I get oil pressure will restore compression.
Question: No harm cranking dry motor...will this work?
Thanks Hailers on fuel pump question.
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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 10:14 AM
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try pouring a little bit of engine oil inside each spark plug hole and then try to turn the engine,if you try it with low oil press you can damage the internal housings
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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 10:15 AM
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Put some oil into each chamber first. That way you build up the oil film quickly, which will lubricate the apex seals and give you your compression.
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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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Let's see, This car is flooded??? I lost track.

If it had been flooded, and you can't get it to start, I'd remove the two lower sparkplugs and then remove the EGI INJ fuse. Spin it for maybe fifteen seconds (no load condition isn't going to harm the starter) to clear the residual fuel out and get the oil pressure up. In fact I'd spin that engine til the oil pressure peaks at whatever it'll peak at.

Then replace the plugs and EGI INJECTOR fuse and have a go at it again.

There's be nothing wrong with putting a bit of motor oil in the sparkplug holes after you spin the engine to clear the residual. Pu the oil in and spn it for a second or so to distribute the oil. Put the plugs back in with the fuse and have a go at it.

While pullig the EGI INJ fuse will disable the injectors and the coils while spinning the engine...........I'm old fashion. I PREFER to pull the fuel pumps plug which is located under the carpet on the rear side of the left rear strut tower. The advantage to this is that although you kill the fuel pump you also leave the coils working. That means the sparkplugs will be firing as you spin the engine. When I use this method I don't remove the sparkplugs. I count on the excess fuel being kicked out the exaust and the sparking plugs to ignite the residual fuel. Usually the residual fuel will cause the engine to catch and run for a moment. Then I reinstall the fuel pump plug and have a go at starting again. If you have a fuel pump cut switch you don't have to remove the fuel pumps plug. Just hit the cut switch instead.

I wouldn't crank the engine excessively with all four plugs in place (to build the oil pressure). Wears out the starter. If the lower plugs are removed there isn't much load on the starter and it will spin much faster, plus you can spin it longer without overheating it. Say thirty seconds at a time.
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