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Old 03-20-2004, 10:30 PM
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Regardless of whether you have oil pressure in the galleries there is no hydrodynamic lubrication at cranking speed, but the load is very modest.

With or without oil pressure there is more than enough oil in the bearing at cranking speed to provide what is known as "boundary lubrication". Ever spun a freshly installed crank in a block? It has virturally no friction with just boundary lubrication.

Bottom line: On a modern engine the bearings outlive just about everything else, and you don't have to make any special effort to start an engine after an oil change or after the car is taken out of storage, even if that storage is several years.

Just crank it and let it start, but don't increase revs until the pressure comes up.

Duke
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