First Time Startup Question

[quickangel93]

When the turbo went on and you had everything hooked up, what kind of startup issues did you guys have?

[nolehorridus]

smoke, vacuum leaks, CEL

[Boost_Lee]

i had no issues at all on mine. just the normal smoke from burnoff or dirty parts we touched.

[bresk8r87]

double check all your vac lines before you start, i had a few leaks giving me a rough idle. had a little bit of burnoff too, but nothing to worry about.

[bjaccord]

I put fresh spark plugs in mine right before start-up, and didn't check the gaps, one was completely crushed together so no spark was made, and the engine ran on 3 cylinders, freaked me out bad.

I also forgot to hook up the wiring to one cooling fan and had an overheating problem when stopped.

Other than that all was good. L8r

[Grumpys93]

no problems with mine but make sure to prime it first remove something that will not allow your car to start such as ecu fuse. Hold it trying to crank for about 7 secs let off. Put fuse in try starting it up. But i just had some smoke from burn off. Everything else was fine. A little bit of a high idle but it was cold out so ya. But just make sure everything is connected b4 you do and check them one more time and you should be straight

[mozzandherb]

Lots of smoke, but thats normal, vacuum leak, and after a while a huge oil leak as a result of my rear main seal and oil pan gasket, now thats all fixed, no problems

[youngJAY]

lots of smoke from burn off, and check engine light cuz we forgot to put in the o2 sencor, no vacum leaks or anything

[quaidum]

no problems with mine but make sure to prime it first remove something that will not allow your car to start such as ecu fuse. Hold it trying to crank for about 7 secs let off. Put fuse in try starting it up. But i just had some smoke from burn off. Everything else was fine. A little bit of a high idle but it was cold out so ya. But just make sure everything is connected b4 you do and check them one more time and you should be straight

u don't have to do all that to prime the system all u have to do is move the key to the on position (not the acc. or the cranking position) u can hear the fuel pump start to pressurize the system do this about 2-3 times and u should be good

[d112crzy]

u don't have to do all that to prime the system all u have to do is move the key to the on position (not the acc. or the cranking position) u can hear the fuel pump start to pressurize the system do this about 2-3 times and u should be good

it's not the fuel system you're priming, but the oil system.

Building the oil pressure up is why you prime it.

[quaidum]

oh all right hey u learn somethin new here everyday is this something u do only when u hook up a turbo or is it a good thing to do every time u drain the oil what would happen if u didn't prime ur oil system

[d112crzy]

On a new engine, there would be no oil running through the engine at all.

if you have a turbo, it's smart to fill the turbo and spin it by hand before installing it.

on a normal engine, it doesn't really matter. Before I knew about cars, I would just start the car and go on with my life after and oil change.

Now I prime it. But it's more important to do so with bigger engines because it takes longer for the oil to build up pressure. without pressure, you'd be running your engine nearly dry.

[HondaFan81]

On a new engine, there would be no oil running through the engine at all.

if you have a turbo, it's smart to fill the turbo and spin it by hand before installing it.

on a normal engine, it doesn't really matter. Before I knew about cars, I would just start the car and go on with my life after and oil change.

Now I prime it. But it's more important to do so with bigger engines because it takes longer for the oil to build up pressure. without pressure, you'd be running your engine nearly dry.

Yep, on new motor I found easiest way was to fill motor with oil. Then, pull "ECU" labeled fuse from underhood fuse box. Crank over motor (no spark or fuel because of pulled fuse) until your stock oil psi light goes off or if you have oil psi gauge it starts building up pressure. Then, reinsert fuse and start it up.

A new motor should have engine assembly lube on all moving parts for initial crank anyhow, you should not assemble it dry.

[quickangel93]

so guys, right now my rebuilt motor has barely any oil in it. and the turbo is clean inside. so i should add some oil into it and spin the compressor wheel so that the oil circulates through? then i should pull the ecu fuse and crank the motor until the oil builds pressure?

[d112crzy]

yes.