shortsguy1
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I haven't posted in a long time, but I am here almost daily reading all of the great questions and answers. Thanks to everyone who participates in BCF.
I have a 1966 3000 BJ8 which had its engine rebuilt about a year ago and 500 miles ago. The car lives at my Mom's (she has a garage and I unfortunately don't), so I don't get to drive it too often. I had two oil related questions which I was hoping to get some advice on:
1) The car has an aftermarket spin-on oil filter (K&N HP 2009) and oil cooler. I needed to add 7.75 u.s. quarts to reach the upper fill line on the dipstick. This is a bit high compared to other volumes/capacities mentioned on this forum and elsewhere. So my question is: does anyone change their interpretation of the dipstick when they have an oil filter with an anti-drainback valve? Assuming the valve works, some oil is now trapped where it wouldn't have been when the dipstick was designed. Regardless of the actual number of quarts, having the oil sump level at "full" with my oil filter will mean that the oil level is higher than designed when the car is in operation. Since I am using a filter with anti-drainback, should I then compensate for the stored oil volume by not filling up the sump as high?
2) Because I don't drive the car very often, it is sometimes a little challenging to start initially. It got me wondering if it is better to always build up a little oil pressure before letting the car engine fire. If I don't use the choke, I could run the starter for the required time to build oil pressure on the gauge (I would guess 10-15 seconds). Then I could use the choke to get the car to start soon thereafter. So here, I guess my question is: which causes more wear on an engine... (a) rotating the engine with the starter to build oil pressure, and then starting the engine afterward or (b) starting the engine as fast as possible to reduce the time for wear to occur? If (b) is better, I might start to use starter fluid to speed up the process. If (a) is better, then I will continue with standard starting procedures, during which oil pressure always builds up before I can get the engine to fire.
Thanks in advance.
I haven't posted in a long time, but I am here almost daily reading all of the great questions and answers. Thanks to everyone who participates in BCF.
I have a 1966 3000 BJ8 which had its engine rebuilt about a year ago and 500 miles ago. The car lives at my Mom's (she has a garage and I unfortunately don't), so I don't get to drive it too often. I had two oil related questions which I was hoping to get some advice on:
1) The car has an aftermarket spin-on oil filter (K&N HP 2009) and oil cooler. I needed to add 7.75 u.s. quarts to reach the upper fill line on the dipstick. This is a bit high compared to other volumes/capacities mentioned on this forum and elsewhere. So my question is: does anyone change their interpretation of the dipstick when they have an oil filter with an anti-drainback valve? Assuming the valve works, some oil is now trapped where it wouldn't have been when the dipstick was designed. Regardless of the actual number of quarts, having the oil sump level at "full" with my oil filter will mean that the oil level is higher than designed when the car is in operation. Since I am using a filter with anti-drainback, should I then compensate for the stored oil volume by not filling up the sump as high?
2) Because I don't drive the car very often, it is sometimes a little challenging to start initially. It got me wondering if it is better to always build up a little oil pressure before letting the car engine fire. If I don't use the choke, I could run the starter for the required time to build oil pressure on the gauge (I would guess 10-15 seconds). Then I could use the choke to get the car to start soon thereafter. So here, I guess my question is: which causes more wear on an engine... (a) rotating the engine with the starter to build oil pressure, and then starting the engine afterward or (b) starting the engine as fast as possible to reduce the time for wear to occur? If (b) is better, I might start to use starter fluid to speed up the process. If (a) is better, then I will continue with standard starting procedures, during which oil pressure always builds up before I can get the engine to fire.
Thanks in advance.