Hello ALL - I am new to Land Rovers and am in need of a little advice. I recently purchased a 04 Discovery and with in a week a piston sleeve slipped and there went the motor. Its a long and sad story that I'll post with pictures when its up and running again.

Here is my question I have a rebuilt motor I just finished installing and I need to prime the oil before I start it. I have not worked with Rover electronics, If I pull the plugs and crank, will the ignition short it self? My experience has been with German cars. Their easy to run the oil pump up to pressure with out cranking the motor. If there is another way please let me know.

Any advice would be great. I'll post pics of the whole ordeal soon. It really is a amusing story other then costing lots of cash.

Thanks
brooke

 

Just pull the coil pack and fuel pump fuses and crank the engine a few times to prime. Some like to fill the oil pump with grease but in general that is not needed.

 

thanks- fuse is an easy ideal -
I was making this much harder then it needed to be

 

Also, always fill your oil filter as full as you can to help prevent dry starts.

 

thanks for the help.
All went well she is up and running! I used a traditional motor oil for break in and plan on switching to a synthetic soon. In my reading it sounds like more and more companies are running synthetic oils from initial break in on. I have always thought synthetics are bad for break in because the rings don't seat as well. Have oil quality changes or is it engine building?

 

No synthetic for break in is kind of dated and does not apply these days even though many motor and camshaft builders still follow it. With a flat tappet engine you probably should be using a break in additive though. Also these days 99% of synthetic motor oils are just highly refined conventional oil so it does not matter.