Oil Pump

zach0 · 03-23-2003, 05:01 PM

Which way do I need to turn the oil pump to prime the engine?

thunderbolt · 03-24-2003, 09:11 AM

Look at the firing order on your distributor and turn it that direction. I want to say counter clockwise but I can't quite remember. But you can turn it both ways, one way will be really easy and the other will get fairly hard real fast. The hard way is pumping oil through the engine so that is what you want to do.

03-23-2003, 05:01 PM	#1
zach0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Hampton, Virginia Posts: 227	Oil Pump Which way do I need to turn the oil pump to prime the engine? __________________ 1980 RX7 with 289 Ford V-8 bored .030 over, Very radical cam, Torker 2 high rise intake, Holley 650 Carb, MSD Nascar 6ALN ignition, MSD coil and distributor, Headers with dual open side exhaust. Over 300 horse. 1966 Mustang still in progress

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03-24-2003, 09:11 AM	#2
thunderbolt Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 380	Look at the firing order on your distributor and turn it that direction. I want to say counter clockwise but I can't quite remember. But you can turn it both ways, one way will be really easy and the other will get fairly hard real fast. The hard way is pumping oil through the engine so that is what you want to do.