Ferrari Mailing List: Re: No DVD and a rebuild question

[E M (pokiebaron]

Could you just lock the crank and do a leak down pressure differential test
instead?  No spinning the engine for that, and probably gives you more info
anyway.

Ed
911SC

2008/12/3 <georgedodson [at] comcast.net>

> I just got bad news fro The Book Community. My copy of The Cobra Wars was
> destroyed in shipment and nobody seems to have one for sale, including e-bay
> and Amazon.
>
> A rebuild question: I got the head rebuilt and installed on my 81 308 GTSi.
> I'd like to spin the engine on the starter to do a compression test before
> putting it back in the car. However, the sump and oil filter are drained. I
> can fill the sump, but the filter and oil galleries will have to fill before
> any oil pressure builds and oil gets to the heads from the oil pump.
>
> So, can I pour fill the oil galleries from the top of the engine at the oil
> inlet to the filter? Similarly, can I pour fill the filter? I've never tried
> it with an inverted "trapped volume" filter. Once all this is done, should I
> slowly rotate the crankshaft manually before turning it over on the starter
> motor?
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