bought a new engine for my car and the engine is installed but when i put it on the box to start it it doesnt turn over and jams up at the top of the stroke. Its not flooded because i can not even prime it and i have tried heating it up with a hairdryer to make it a bit looser but still no joy.

Any advice is appreciated, cheers

try a little wd-40 or afterrun oil in the cylinder.

yeah tried that a few minutes back and it started to go but then my battery packswent flat so i have gotta wait for those to recharge lol!!

now im gettin a bit peed of with it!! i was hoping to have it atleast half run in by now but still nothing!! the tdc is so tight that iot wont even turn over with the glow plug out!! i have been turning the flywheel nearly all day with a flat headed screwdriver like my lhs told me to and still wont turn over!! any other suggestions?? have heated it with a hair dryer, after run oil in the cylinder!¬!!

I WANNA DRIVE MY CAR lol

Got me stumped. Now I'm afraid to try to start my new 3.3.

lol!! its probably just something really atupid that i have missed but i have checked and double checked everything.

I have never seen a bent crankshaft before, but it wont hurt to check. Take it apart, remove the backplate then piston, conrod & sleeve, then try to turn the crankshaft. Make sure it turns smoothly and no wobling at all. Put them back together and put oil in it.

What kind of engine is it? What kind of starter box are you using. Some starter boxes are weak and only good for small blocks, they are said to be universal but may not be powerful enough for bigger engines.

To summarize the tips above

1: Heat the engine with hair dryer (use a heat gun if available)
2: Lubricate engine with RAO or wd40.
3: Loosen glow plug to releive pressure (tighten it back once the engines fires up and running)
4: Starter box battery should be full charge. (old batteries may be full charge, but still weak, try new batteries)
5: ???????????

Got me stumped too!!!!!!!!

I would take it off the car and use a flywheel wrench, or other wrench to turn it over manually (without the cluchbell) But make sure everything is normal inside, because you might break something if you forced it.

the engine is an rb concepts WS7III. I have attempted to email rb concept from a link on there website and and i get an a delivery report saying the email address does not exist!! If anyone could help me with getting hold of 'customer support' then let me know.

As for taking the engine apart, i think i will leave this to my LHS because the onyl thing i reallyknow what to do on an engine is to loook at it and say "wow" lol!!!

the beast lives!!! [>:] rigged the rubber wheel upto a drill and it fired up in no time!! how rich is too rich for running in, i have got small clouds of smoke out of the stinger and also a small amount of fuel!!

Ha! Running in! Its a bit of an art. Itś best to run the engine in under load (i.e. drive it around) Theres a lot of theories, but just remember the purpose of running in - new metal is soft and requires hardening through the process of running in. So, make sure its smokey (will ensure that there is oil running through the engine) and take it easy for a few tanks. (Don´t thrash it at first, the soft metal will wear away quickly and ruin a new engine) Then after 4 or so tanks, give it bursts of full power and gradually build up over the next few tanks. PS dont let the tank run dry; it will run out of fuel and suddenly run lean and go out of control, plus maybe not enough oil will be running through the engine and it might seize (not good).

I´m a brit myself, and I know its cold there now (and windy as I understand it to be right now) so make sure you warm the engine up properly, it will be hard to start first though. Put the glow plug heater on it and run the engine just over idle (like a choke on a car, with the rc on a stand or a brick or whatever) until the cylinder head is very hot to the touch. Take care so that the heater doesn´t run out of battery. Then drive the car. After running in tune the carb so that at least a little smoke is coming out of the exhaust. With any luck you have a low speed needle.

If you have any q´s see my site and email me, or reply here.

Boz