How to Start up & run in a sv after a engine rebuild?

[muzikill]

Ok, im almost about to cross the fingers and see if it has worked!

Ive got the fuel tank and exhaust to fit and im ready to go.....

Ive tried to do a search but i remember reading all the tips weeks ago and they seem to be at the tail end of threads about other things and i cant seem to find them when it's necessary

Advice appreciated!

[yorkie_chris]

Turn it over a load by hand to check for any unpleasantness, recheck timing for 300th time.
Plugs out, disconnect coils.
Crank motor until oil light goes out.

Start and run. IIRC you haven't changed rings so should be fine. Give it 50 miles and change the oil, check nothing is making metal anywhere.

[muzikill]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Turn it over a load by hand to check for any unpleasantness, recheck timing for 300th time.
Plugs out, disconnect coils.
Crank motor until oil light goes out.

Start and run. IIRC you haven't changed rings so should be fine. Give it 50 miles and change the oil, check nothing is making metal anywhere.

Questions mate:

What about checking the levels and topping up as i go along?
Do i have to disconnect the plugs at the coil end? (with everything fitted in don't you need kids hands to get in to unplug them?)
Do i have to disconnect the plus full stop? - i thought keeping the emeregency engine cut off switch would work (ah, that might keep all the power off!)
The rear plugs a bugger to take out and put back in with the fuel tank down?
Can the tank be propped up during the procedure?
How much oild should be put in the filter to prime it?

i just pushed the start button on mine .... was kinda expecting it to go boom but didn't

and topped up the oil as i went along

[yorkie_chris]

You didn't split the cases though...


Fill oil to F mark.
Put as much oil as you can into filter, but it's a tw*t to actually make any stay there when you fill it and try screw it on.
IMO you should disconnect coils, but actually thinking about it you can leave it switched off and just spin starter over by shorting across relay with a spanner. Whatever, you don't want 10,000 volts buggering about around the place with nowhere to go.
You should be able to do this with tank off entirely, no fuel needed.
Idea of taking plugs out is to minimise forces on bearings while the oil gets to them.

If it struggles to prime itself you can also take oil pump off and pour oil directly into galleries by leaning bike over a bit.

This may all be overkill, I'm sure lots of people just fire them up and get away with it fine.

[muzikill]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

You didn't split the cases though...


Fill oil to F mark.
Put as much oil as you can into filter, but it's a tw*t to actually make any stay there when you fill it and try screw it on.
IMO you should disconnect coils, but actually thinking about it you can leave it switched off and just spin starter over by shorting across relay with a spanner. Whatever, you don't want 10,000 volts buggering about around the place with nowhere to go.
You should be able to do this with tank off entirely, no fuel needed.
Idea of taking plugs out is to minimise forces on bearings while the oil gets to them.

If it struggles to prime itself you can also take oil pump off and pour oil directly into galleries by leaning bike over a bit.

This may all be overkill, I'm sure lots of people just fire them up and get away with it fine.

Plugs are already in! - i could take them back out. I thought about just leaving the leads hanging off and just turning the engine at first that way. After all most of the intial volts are going to be at the starter and without the spark it won't kick in.

Without plugs in would i have to cover the spark plug holes?

Will it be ok to leave the tank off and disconnected? - i thought the onboard computer would detect this and stop it from doing anything?

Leaving the tank off and the fuel pipe disconnected i wont damage the throttle bodies and the injectors will i?


So many questions! ..... sorry dudes

[muzikill]

Oh yeah!, and what is the procedure for topping up the coolant during the process?

Take the plugs out,keep the leads clear of the frame/engine and don't cover the holes. I left the tank off but mines a curvy.

[yorkie_chris]

Take the plugs out, reason is compressing gas will be hard on your rod bearings which have no oil to them for a while.

No it will not damage injectors/throttle bodies.

I don't think ECU has crank/don't crank function. It should crank even though ECU may give a fault code.

[muzikill]

dam. going to have to move the radiator to take out the front plug.