View Single Post
Old 17th August 2016, 18:43   #55
SD1too
Doesn't do things by halves
 
SD1too's Avatar
 
Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model.

Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Former Middlesex
Posts: 20,480
Thanks: 1,587
Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil-T4 View Post
The noise at start up was due to lack of oil, the mechanic had replaced the filter etc, but not primed up the system before starting it by removing the main relay and cranking until the oil pressure light went out ...
I have an alternative (and simpler) method of priming the lubrication system. I fill the filter manually before fitting it to the engine.

Simon
__________________
"Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble."
Sir Henry Royce.
SD1too is offline   Reply With Quote