Back in my MB engine rebuilding days I would 'spin' the engine over,
with no ignition, until the oil pressure showed up on the oil pressure
gauge. Then I would fire it up.....
Darrell
Don & Teresa Merriman wrote:
STP is basically a viscosity index improver or in other words it will
not run off as quick as engine oil. OH ya and it´s prime manufacture is
Standard Oil Co,
On 7/22/05, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
STP was the standard for detroit iron (read loose fit) With the closer
and more accurate fit of modern aluminum engines (Read tight fit) And
given the "stickiness" of Mobil 1, I would opt for the mobil 1, or
perhaps
some Molykote product. The Molykote product I am thinking of is a
Molybenum Disulfide suspension in oil. The Moly is a friction reducing
agent. I can't remember what they call the product. It is
available at
bearing supply houses. (Motion Industries, etc)
STP is so thick that i'd be afraid of causing some damage from
assembly or
start-up (Distorted bearing caps, etc.) on your engine.
Yes, I always used to use STP for assembly. For a cast iron OM
engine, it
is ok, but I still have some concerns. I'm just not sure it is the best
thing for alum heads etc. Even the fit of pistons and crank
bearings are
tighter on MB engines than the old detroit iron. I have seen some odd
distortion of main and crank bearings on high mile cast iron diesel
engines
that may have been caused by something like this. It is irregular
cavities
in the bearing surface, on the order of 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide and 1/2-3/4
inch long. I have never figured out the cause. THey are not
etching from
acid. I have seen those too.
At 12:03 PM 7/22/2005, you wrote:
>Dave, use something like STP on the bearing surfaces......
>
>Darrell
>
>dave walton wrote:
>
> > I'm replacing the head gasket on my 94 S350. I see ads for Camshaft
> > Prelube. Is the stuff necessary, or can I just bath everything in
> > Mobil-1 before I button it up?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -Dave Walton
> > 94 S350
> > 99 E300
> >
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