- Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:20 pm
#4980
Hi All,
I started my friends TT750 today for the first time since I completely rebuilt the engine. All went well and it didn't take long for the engine to fire up. I only run it for a very short time but it sounded really good and the electronic ignition performed perfectly.
During the rebuild I have fed the rockers from the right hand half of the crank case using a 'Y' feed pipe and blanked off the left half oil feed. Before starting I removed the rocker feed bolts and squirted some oil in to aid first start. My question is how long will it take to get the oil circulated up to the rockers as it looks like I have no oil in the feed pipes. I have only run it a few times for very short periods as I don't want to damage anything due to lack of oil but on the other hand do I need to let it run to get the oil there? I am caught in two minds as to what to do.
Can anyone share their experience and advise how long it should take to get oil to the rockers?
With the engine not running I did loosen the oil feed bolt on the side of the timing case and lots of oil came out so I am sure the oil pumps are working.
Thanks
Stuart
I started my friends TT750 today for the first time since I completely rebuilt the engine. All went well and it didn't take long for the engine to fire up. I only run it for a very short time but it sounded really good and the electronic ignition performed perfectly.
During the rebuild I have fed the rockers from the right hand half of the crank case using a 'Y' feed pipe and blanked off the left half oil feed. Before starting I removed the rocker feed bolts and squirted some oil in to aid first start. My question is how long will it take to get the oil circulated up to the rockers as it looks like I have no oil in the feed pipes. I have only run it a few times for very short periods as I don't want to damage anything due to lack of oil but on the other hand do I need to let it run to get the oil there? I am caught in two minds as to what to do.
Can anyone share their experience and advise how long it should take to get oil to the rockers?
With the engine not running I did loosen the oil feed bolt on the side of the timing case and lots of oil came out so I am sure the oil pumps are working.
Thanks
Stuart