I bought a high mileage truck for pretty much towing a boat only, which means it's going to sit for a lot of extended periods. It's been sitting a month now and I am going to drive it tomorrow. I cringed at the idea of cranking it after sitting for so long. So I pulled the fuel pump fuse, turned it over for two 5 second cycles, put the fuse back in and cranked it. It made no discernible noise worth mentioning, which I fully would have expected had I not done this.
Do you think this was a good practice? Getting the oil circulated before I allowed it to fire up?
I'm thinking of wiring a simple switch inline with the fuse and doing this before I start it after a long period of sitting.
Do you think this was a good practice? Getting the oil circulated before I allowed it to fire up?
I'm thinking of wiring a simple switch inline with the fuse and doing this before I start it after a long period of sitting.