Starting Rolled Motor

[RitzBlitz]

Picked up an LBZ that rolled 3/4 and sat on its side.

Motor has 200k on it, and truck is currently stored outside - don't have a good way to warm motor up to pull plugs. Afraid my odds of breaking one are pretty good if I pull all 8. I'd like to move it into the shop under its own power before I start tearing it down.

My plan was to turn the motor over by hand a few revs to make sure there isn't a ton of fluid in any cylinder, but my gut is telling me that there could still be enough in there to cause damage even if I do.

Am I playing with fire here trying to crank it even if I can turn it over my hand a few times?

 

[TeaBagger2006]

Id say pull the injector fuse and then turn it over and see what happens.

 

[Bustedknuckles]

You should be ok. Just pull the intercooler pipes and intake tube so you can choke it out if i tries to run away. Id get the intercooler cleaned too

 

[RitzBlitz]

Yeah planned on pulling hoses. Don't know why I didn't think about killing the injectors for the first few cranks.

Thanks :thumb:

 

[RitzBlitz]

Fired right up, thanks guys.

Intercooler looks cleaner than mine and it runs smoother too :roflmao:

 

[TeaBagger2006]

Good to hear.

 

[testdrive]

I purchased a rolled 07 LBZ but I wasn't gutsy enough to crank it with out pulling the glow plugs. Even then I gave it a couple of turns with the crankshaft bolt. I did drain a ounce or so from the inner cooler
That was 100k miles ago.

 

[RitzBlitz]

Yeah everything seems to have checked out good. Let it idle for a while. Need to pull the trans pan as I'm pretty sure the sump filter came off (hopefully) and we should be in business.