Installing Cams and Pistons Help

[Brendan]

> >     Is it best to use an engine building grease/lube or just slobber 
> Mobil 1
> > onto parts before installing?
>
>use build lube, it's what its designed for.

Yeah, by the time you start it up for the first time, all that oil will 
have drained down into the pan. Build lube stayed put.

 >     Do new lifters have to have some oil squirted into them before priming
> > the engine for first start?
>
>good question... I know we didn't with Brendan's engine.  They are going
>to fill up pretty quickly anyway I think.

They came in those little baggies filled with oily goo, remember?
I doubt that would help much on startup though, for the same reason as above.

 >     Bearings for the crank, do they just rest on the crank or cap when
> > installing or do they snap into place?
>
>tight rest in place fit.
>
> >     Do I need to measure clearances, or since I am using the same rods,
> > bearings, and caps is that unneeded?
>
>clearances?  oopsie...

Oh yeah, I knew we forgot something...Hmmmm...The car hasn't blown up yet, 
so I guess using the new bearing shells made the engine go vrooom.


> >
> >     Any magical break-in procedures required?
>
>regular oil, not synth, use the entire rpm range (except maybe not close
>to redline int he first few miles), but not a heavy load at first.
>Build the load at higher rpms up gradually over 500-1000 miles.  Do a
>variety of driving while it settles in.  Apply a thick coating of
>chutzpah while assembling, this helps.

I'm into my 1100 mile by now, and I have one more oil change to go through 
(doing it every 500) before I switch back to synth.  This is not because I 
have some mystical break-in procedure, but because I bought a big box of 
Mobil 10w-30. I'm going to switch back to Mobil1 15w-50 as soon as I can.

Don't know if was just the lifters, or the whole rebuilt engine, or the oil 
baffling and cam cover baffling, but my lifters don't clack anymore when I 
run 10w-30 and drive like a maniac. Pretty nifty.

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Brendan Barry
http://www.endosquid.com/audi
Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Audi 4000 quattro - "Suzanne"
* Red\Leather/Bitchy *
--Now using an NF-code Smurf engine--