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would it do any harm to bench run it via an electric motor very slow
to settle the rings in and get the oil circulated?

why ?

and yes , probably , i doubt you'd get enough rpm to get the oil to flowing and it would be cold ...

Have you filled the oil pump with oil?? all lubed well on assembly?

May or may not have benefits.. but I would fit the engine and start it in the vehicle... (if I didnt haver a test bed to fit it too)

i wanted to see if everything sounded ok before i put it in the van as the first run its going to get is down to cornwall as im pressed for time at the mo with work

ps how are you mark and hows the family

All good thanks and yours ?

It will sound like a bag of spanner for a few minutes until the tappets fill up , fit it and try it ,

thanks for your help
hopefully it will be in tomorrow

Tony, I turned our's over on the starter a few times with the coil disconnected to try to lubricate things before ignition.

Still sounded like a bag of spanners though

Take it steady, Ian.

Ian Hulley wrote:Tony, I turned our's over on the starter a few times with the coil disconnected to try to lubricate things before ignition.

Still sounded like a bag of spanners though

Take it steady, Ian.

yours was a bag of spanners!!!

That was a dead 1.9 issue .... and never did or will get any better.

Shell UK are looking into the circumstances of both engine's sad demise .... the supplier has already agreed the 'coincidences' are somewhat 'unfortunate' and having done ~70,000 miles on the oil they recommended it seem's hard to explain why one barrel of oil should differ so dramatically (and catastrophically)

Ian.