Pre-heating and Priming the Engine

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What happens here

Before hitting the track, the race car's dry sump oil tank needs to be pre-heated. This is achieved by removing the oil pump belt and then spinning the engine over with an electric drill. This action pumps warm oil through the engine, priming it and allowing the engine block to pre-heat slightly. This process helps to ensure proper lubrication and reduce wear on engine components before the car is started.

Goal: Ensure proper lubrication and pre-heat the race car engine before starting.

Tools and materials

Electric Drill Milwaukee M18 Fuel — To spin the engine and circulate warm oil
Monte Carlo Race Car Chevrolet — The race car undergoing engine preparation

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>> That's great. Absolutely. Here I am doing the process that you have to do before you drive one of these things at all, which is heat up the oil in the dry sump oil tank and then take the oil pump belt off, spin the engine over with an electric drill or some type of apparatus to pump oil, warm oil through the engine to prime it and get some heat in there. That's what I'm doing right now. I've got my M18 angle drill in there and I do it until I feel the line get warm. Then I know that the warmness is in there starting to expand up all the tight tolerances and all that. It just makes me feel better whenever I can sort of preheat the block a little bit too. And then I get the belt sort of put on there, get one tooth caught on it, and then I have to bar the motor over manually to get the rest of it on there. After all, this is the Penso car. And you might be wondering, do I actually

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