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Subject:Re: Lubrication
From:Jim Arnott
Date:Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:23:25 -0800

Good hot battery.
Pull spark plugs.
Crank until oil pressure light goes out.
Install plugs.
Fire it up.

That's how I'd do it.

Jim

> Zoltan wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
> I have an air-cooled engine standing in my garage for over a year.
> Now I want to install it.  How am I going to make sure that I will
> have oil pressure fast enough.  Is there a way to prime the system
> or something similar?
> Zoltan

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