Engine assembly 101

When installing the pistons and rings in the block I usually put a couple of squirts of motor oil on the rings and a light coat of assembly grease on the piston skirts. Is that right ? I did a search and some said to assemble with no oil or grease, just on the rod bearings.

 

How I do it.

Oil the rings and the ring groove well. Never heard of using assembly grease on piston skirts, but ??? I use oil on the skirts.

Use assembly grease for bearings and use cam lobe stuff on the cam.

Be sure everything is clean!!

Getting the oil pressure up PRIOR to starting is a really good thing----how to do it is dependent on the engine, at the least, pull the spark plugs and spin with the starter till oil pressure comes up.

Good luck,

 

I use assembly lube on everything but the cam. I use the crap out of it. Once started and run for about 30 minutes drain the oil and change the filter to get all the asembly lube out of it. That crap will plug a filter up fairly fast. Assembly lube is nothing more than good oil with lots of moly in it and a few other things.

 

I have always used Lubriplate 105, cause, That's what I have always used. I use it on all moving parts and I do spin the oil pump untill I have oil pressure.

 

I have a book that recommends starting a freshly rebuilt motor and setting the carb to run at about 2000 rpm for 20 minutes. They then recommend doing some on the road stuff that I can't remember. The book seems well written so I trust the info is valid, just not what I'd ever think was the right way.

 

Sounds like breaking the cam in.

If you do this, be sure to keep an eye on the temperature........

 

Never used it, may have to try it. We use several other Lubriplate products at work just never used this.