LNFwagonSS

Just installed my new K04r and I want to make sure oil is fed to the turbo before it starts spinning. How do I prime the oil lines before start up?

ECaulk

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I know it sounds crazy, but hold the gas wide open and crank it over for a bit then shut it off. Then start normal.

tomj77

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just put some oil into center section before u put on oil feed line. and before starting, with fuel fuse out and coil wires off, crank the engine for 5 seconds.

LNFwagonSS

Ahh yes. Doesn't sound crazy. Totally forgot it won't start at WOT
The problem is I've already installed oil lines. Forgot to put oil in it before I seated the new oil line gaskets. I want to avoid pulling the line in fear of gasket leaking after I tighten again. I may just do it anyway and crank her over for a bit.

Thanks fellas

Sl0wbaltSS

Don't floor the gas pedal, it will start. It's done that to me.

cmiller8006

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Simply grab the wheel for a few seconds, it won't spin, done it on all my turbos.

Kolt

LNF shouldn't start when doing a clear flood but to be safer is pull the inj and ign coil
fuses and crank for 10sec, rest for 30, crank 10 more sec. That should be plenty to prime it. That's what I do each oil change and it works.

exninja

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I pulled the injector rail connector and cranked.

umrdyldo

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You prime your engine this way after every oil change? That is a bit excessive. If that were an issue there would be an infinite amount of damaged engines.

Kolt

Yes, majority of the wear a engine receives is during a dry start when either the vehicle has sat
long enough for the oil to seep back into the pan from the oil galleries and pump or after a oil change. Its just one of the many factors that can extend the engines life. The method I use is not perfect by any means but since I don't have money for a air powered oil primer its better than cranking and running the engine immediately after I change the oil.

umrdyldo

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What i'm saying is that priming your engine oil after an oil change is way, way excessive. Not needed at all. Almost all engine parts should have a film of oil on them from before the drain. The engine is not starved of oil for very long as all. You would be better served buying good oil to reduce wear while running.

This thread is about priming a turbo that has had zero oil ever.

Snail_SS

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And you wouldn't have to prime the turbo the way kolt said after an oil change?. Well that's what I understood from him not so much the engine priming

exninja

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I'm trying to figure out why the oil "starvation" would be any worse after an oil change than a normal night/morning cycle (engine and turbo included). In an engine with a side-canister oil filter maybe, but the filter element isn't really a factor here...

But since the thread is about a new turbo we're digressing as umrdyldo mentioned.

LNFwagonSS

Well fwiw, if anyone is in a similar situation like I was, holding the compressor wheel while someone else starts the car worked just fine. But before I did that, I did remove coil and injector power and crank just for good measure. Maybe it's just the K04 design, but it really wanted to spin upon startup so make sure you hold tight! Oh and if you still have stock location MAF sensor, keep it unplugged so car will start.

Omiotek

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Best 2 ways are to hold your foot to the floor and crank it or to unplug the coils and injector harness and crank it

CudaJoe

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Id never stick my fingers near a moving turbo on a running car

umrdyldo

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Does the turbo spin at idle? Seems like it has to.

exninja

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i thought they were holding it before starting the car...
Personally I still wouldn't do it though.

Staged07SS

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Correct and agreed!