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Old 05-09-2003, 09:10 AM
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Rick - you are absolutely right, I used to use the "ignition kill" approach to build up oil pressure on a cold start before letting her fire up on my old car.
But since I have the accusump now (primarily fitted to maintain pressure on the track ) it doubles up neatly for starting.

You still have the problem though, on an oil change, of turning the engine over quite a bit to prime the filter and lines, (and now the empty accusump as well), so that's why I pull the plugs.

I would not even think about this for the daily driver (besides, I never change the oil - the shop does it), but when you have several thousand £££s or $$$s invested in your engine (and a rare one if it's a 427SO) then any little thing you can do to protect it has to be worthwhile.
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