Starting Rolled Motor

RitzBlitz

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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?
 

Bustedknuckles

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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
 

testdrive

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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

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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.