D15Z1 Engine swap project log

[Gary Palmer]

Matt: I don't think their is much you can do, on the Honda, besides make sure you have fresh oil and start it up. I don't think that you can get the pump to pull enough, by turning it over by hand, to get much oil into the system. With the pump on the front of the crankshaft, I don't think their is much else you can do.

You can pull the oil pressure sensor and try to put some oil under pressure in through their, but I can't think of a good way to do that.

I've had several engine's that had been sitting for a good time and then I woke them back up and overall I didn't do anything special.

Thought: One thing you can do is to put some oil into your cylinder's through the spark plug holes, before you start it up, and then turn the engine over by the crank bolt. That would at least get some fresh oil on the cylinder walls. The only problem you will have is that it will spit oil/smoke out the exhaust for the first 5 minutes or so after you first start it.