well we got my car running today, its a series5 jspec from FC3S.org. the engine has great compression, all seals, water orings, all seems well so far.

all i did to make startup easy (err, relatively easy) was filled the housings up with MMO and let it sit for about 3 days, rotating it about twice a day.

so we got it all started and immediately found a couple small problems; (does this ALWAYS happen with engine installs?) an oil leak at the oil cooler feed line, coolant leak at the back of the throttle body/firewall.

we kinked my oil cooler feed line, which i knew was gonna be a problem, so where the oil leak is, its leaking out with tiny tiny bubbles in it. no coolant mixed with it, just tiny bubbles... i think the tiny bubbles are from the oil having to rush through that tiny passage where the oil line is kinked. does that make sense? i could really use some input on this.

the engine is pulling about 300-350 mmHg of vacuum, which i figure is pretty good for an engine that has been sitting not having been started for months. what is a good vacuum reading in mmHg? does 350 sound ok?

also, where can i get another oil cooler feed hose for relatively cheap and fast???

 

call dave up and see if he has another one lying around.

 

dave gibson? he's on the other side of the US. thats a long way to mail a little oil cooler line. i'm tryin to get in in a day or so as well