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Originally Posted by gdemoss01
But isn't the oil circulated through the oil cooler. How would you run a diesel without the oil cooler. I have an engine sitting on a hoist at the moment and might one day try and start it but don;t have a clue as to how to do it. Except of course have a starter and a battery hooked up to it and maybe a remote starter switch, and some diesel fuel.
Can anyone explain this to me in more detail?
Rev. Dr. G.
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When I started mine, I had an oil cooler hooked up to it. Don't know if the lines can be blocked and ran with out it. But NEVER run an engine without oil pressure. You will also need to block the oil guage line, or attach a guage to the line.
Isn't much to starting a diesel. Just hook up the fuel source to the inlet of the side delivery pump on the main injection pump, then bleed the system with the hand pump. You will need to run a return line back to the fuel source from the injectors. Hook up a battery and remote starter button to the starter. Then just start the engine and control the speed with the throttle lever on the injection pump. On the Mercedes, you will have to idle it way down to shut it off, or apply vacuum to the vacuum shut-off diaphragm at the rear of the injection pump.