Sören Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Should the oil pressure light go out just by cranking the engine without starting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sören Posted July 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Found out in the Shop Manual that it can take up to 30 second for the light to go out. That feels like very nervous half minute on a rebuild engine :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Found out in the Shop Manual that it can take up to 30 second for the light to go out. That feels like very nervous half minute on a rebuild engine :-/ If the 472 has the oil pump shaft that is driven by the distributor... pull the distributor and use a socket and an extension to drive the oil pump shaft till the light goes off... and for a few seconds afterward. That will put oil to all of the internal friction surfaces of the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sören Posted July 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Great idea, have now been out in the garage and rebuilt an old distributor for this purpose :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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