bigchike350
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Just rebuilt my 2002 Viper, New top and Bottom end.. I have mixed a bit of gas to run through it for the first run, Just noticed when hooking up my oil line that goes to the fuel pump, gas pours out of the inlet for the oil line, (out of the pump), Just wondering if this is normal, and that is probably why there is a check valve,I put brand new fuel lines that go to the carbs, and you can see the fuel clearly, but I run red oil and it doesn't look like it is mixing before the carbs, much what there is is probably from the gas i mixed in the tank..,, Little worried this was the reason it blew up in the first place..
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yes, gas will come out. the oil is pumped into the fuel pump and mixed in the chamber.
bigchike350
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Thanks for the help. Good to know..
BTW_ forgot to add, since you had it all apart, you did remeber to bleed the oilpump? you just remove the screw by center cylinder and let the oil drip till no air bubbles come out. What i always do on a new start up is hold the oilpump cable wide open for about 1 min. this runs the oilpump at max speed and moves the oil thru the lines and lubes up the bearings real good and gives the engine a good chance at a good life, then put the cable back into holder/adjuster and run as normal.
bigchike350
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Ya I bled the pump, and got an oiler and manually pumped some oil into the lines before hand, It smoked like crazy when it I I fired it up,..
rx1jim
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On the 2 SRX engines I just completed, before I installed the engine and while on the bench, I connected a container with 2 stroke oil to the oil pump. With the oil pump off the engine, I used a cordless drill to drive the oil pump to draw oil from the container and pump it into the crank bearings. I take the line which normally goes to the fuel pump and recycle it to the container. This ensures the oil circuit to the crank bearings and the bearings are loaded with oil before start up. Once I start the engines, probably next weekend, I'll open up the bleeder port to purge air for the line between the oil reservoir and the pump. This may be overkill but I'd rather do all I can do to make sure the oiling system is air-free prior to startup.