Today I was at ray Brandt Mazda Kia, picking up my reman engine, and the mechanic I was talking to said to make sure that I did the start up procedure and said to look it up online. Can't find anything anywhere. I is a search on here and google. Anything special I should do prior to starting it up?

 

Don't listen to idiots posing as service techs is the only advice I can offer

 

start up procedure :

put the key into the ignition
if manual tranny, Foot on clutch pedal
turn key to ON
Drive away

if you have keyless start, first make sure your key's battery is good and it's actually with you in the car.
if you have manual tranny, foot on clutch pedal
press and hold the "START" button until the car starts
drive off.

LOL??? SERIoUSLY ? WTF start up procedure????? WOW

you have a complete idiot working on your car. I can only hope your car turns out to be ok ...

 

Since its a new engine and you are doing the install yourself you need to pressurize the oil system first.

Unplug the ess crank for 30 seconds I think... I kind of forget its in my rebuild thread somewhere. Also some folks suggest changing the oil immediately after its reached normal operational temperature.

Personally I don't think the oil change is needed until 500 miles after. you can look up the breakin procedure on racing beats website.

P.S. All this info is on the forums, but since you never search first I won't judge you.

 

That triggers a nostalgia trip for me. In the old days oil pumps were typically driven by the bottom end of the distributer shaft. So you'd pull the distributer, put a screwdriver bit onto a speed driver, then stick that into the hole and manually turn it for a while. I remember doing that after rebuilding the engine on my '53 Chevy, spinning the speed driver until I saw oil come out the rocker arm oil passages.

I guess there's no equivalent on modern cars, but it was nice to pressurize the oil system without running dry, even if just on the starter.

Ken

 

If he meant "break-in", here are racingbeat's recommendations:

http://www.racingbeat.com/mazda/perf...rocedures.html

 

You can avoid running dry on the battery... just put the car in a high gear and spin the rear wheels in our case
Or... turn the flywheel for some time before putting the transmission back on!

 

OP just remember also...about fluids.

Depending on what you have done, keep an eye on how much oil you put in/need, remember a completely dry engine and oil coolers and lines can hold up to 7 litres of oil, or around 40% more oil than just your normal oil change.

And also Coolant..

 

You need to get acquainted with a factory service manual and the search feature of this website.

 

That does not prevent parts from rubbing against each other until oil flows.

Of course, these days there are assembly lubes that should take care of things until the oil flows, even if you just fire the engine up without any prep.

Ken