restart after winter hibernation

[Timbuck]

No on both accounts as engine has assembly paste on everything and oiled pistons/cylinders. Which if totally fine to spin the engine up to get oil pressure. And with on a normal oil change is the same situation as your post #12.

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[robvas]

No on both accounts as engine has assembly paste on everything and oiled pistons/cylinders. Which if totally fine to spin the engine up to get oil pressure. And with on a normal oil change is the same situation as your post #12.

You should be okay if you have enough assembly lube but most engine builders would want to do it "the right way". This has been talked about in the Internet since the Modular's came out

and of course after an oil change or after the engine has already been ran there's no point in doing the flood procedure

 

[EFI]

you can get a little oil everywhere before there is load that’s a win in my book.

That's why engine builders use assembly lube, so that at first startup the metal parts don't grind on eachother before oil pressure has a chance to build.

 

[robvas]

 

[tom_sprecher]

What's "winter hibernation"? ;)

 

[Hack]

What's "winter hibernation"? ;)

boo!

 

[Postal Bob]

Started mine today after the winter hibernation. No pre-cranking. It started immediately, and just as fast, oil pressure came right up. Let it sit and warm up for a few minutes, and then took it out for some mild driving until oil temp reached 180°. After that I opened it up a bit, but still kept it under 6k rpm for it's first day out.

 

[sk47]

Started mine today after the winter hibernation. No pre-cranking. It started immediately, and just as fast, oil pressure came right up. Let it sit and warm up for a few minutes, and then took it out for some mild driving until oil temp reached 180°. After that I opened it up a bit, but still kept it under 6k rpm for it's first day out.

Hello; Good to hear. I follow threads such as this in hopes to learn. Too often what ought to have a definite "good practice" standard wind up with opposing opinions.
So, that said, I land on the side of why not take some extra precautions. I did not do so in the past but now do prefill an oil filter. I do not store a vehicle for the winter but if I ever do i will take some prestart precautions.
I get the cranking without start may not be absolutely necessary but do not see how it hurts anything. My view has been tempered by working on the cars of a fellow who had very bad practices with his vehicles. He would let a car sit for as much as two years and then put a fresh battery charge on and crank it. I only got a call when the car did not start.
I did get to see the end results after over twenty some years of such. Finally got to the point I could not fix it without going deep into the engine. Even before that final episode the engine was burning oil. A sad thing was he did not put many miles on the car in the 20+ years.

 

[SheepDog]

 

[SheepDog]

I think if I had to winterize my car, I'd change the oil to the cheapest 0w-20 I could find right before I put it to bed. Then, fire it up in the spring, then change the oil back to whatever you like to run.

 

[robvas]

I think if I had to winterize my car, I'd change the oil to the cheapest 0w-20 I could find right before I put it to bed. Then, fire it up in the spring, then change the oil back to whatever you like to run.

Why 0w20?

I think everyone is forgetting that you can let an oil sit for a couple years and open it up and it will still have oil all over the place. It doesn't dry up. It stays where it needs to be.

 

[Hack]

I think if I had to winterize my car, I'd change the oil to the cheapest 0w-20 I could find right before I put it to bed. Then, fire it up in the spring, then change the oil back to whatever you like to run.

0 weight oil is the devil's work. I hate putting it in anything, even when the car calls for it.

Definitely do not put 0 weight oil in a Mustang.

 

[robvas]

0 weight oil is the devil's work. I hate putting it in anything, even when the car calls for it.

Definitely do not put 0 weight oil in a Mustang.

It's just the winter rating. Will be the same viscosity as the factory specified 5W20 when at operating temp

 

[SheepDog]

0 weight oil is the devil's work. I hate putting it in anything, even when the car calls for it.

Definitely do not put 0 weight oil in a Mustang.

You weren't paying attention. I said only for winterization, so that when you fire it up for the first time, it has the quickest oil pressure response. Then, (and especially if the car is in storage) drive it home or to a shop where you get your oil changed and put in what you normally run.

Also, I run 0w-40 all the time.

 

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Some new and used cars sit at dealers for many months unsold for various reasons and they just get in and start them.

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