After a long fight with cancer, I'm finally getting back into my car hobby. I have a 2009 Dodge Viper that unfortunately had been parked in the garage for about 6 months. Before the first crank, I decided to go ahead and swap out plugs and wires since they were overdue. With the plugs out, a Viper performance shop that I consult often advised that I pull particular fuses, connect to to a charger, and turn over the motor until my (non dummy light) pressure gauge built pressure up near operating level.
Over two sessions of about 15 seconds each separated by some time to let the starter cool, I was able to build pressure up to about 75 psi. However, and this entirely on me for not second guessing him, I was not told to pull the fuel pump relay. By the end of the second crank, I could smell a faint amount of fuel from the driver's seat with the door open and immediately stopped.
Later that day, I installed the plugs and took the car on a nice drive to get everything good and hot. No issues at all.
So now, my overthinking self has been, well.. overthinking what I did. What are the odds I washed down the cylinder walls and possibly scored or removed the crosshatching? I'm not sure how easily the oil film is washed off the walls and I figure any real excess of fuel would have been pushed out of the plug hole on the up strokes. Additionally, as I'm building pressure, wouldn't the film be restored on the walls by the crank sloshing oil everywhere as the piston rings move up to TDC?
On top of all of the above, if I did slightly dilute the oil, did my 15 minute drive to get everything hot do even more damage?
Either way, I did an oil change before driving it again to get rid of any fuel diluted oil and can't at least perceive any issues. I just need an expert to tell me that I've not any damage here.
Thanks.
Over two sessions of about 15 seconds each separated by some time to let the starter cool, I was able to build pressure up to about 75 psi. However, and this entirely on me for not second guessing him, I was not told to pull the fuel pump relay. By the end of the second crank, I could smell a faint amount of fuel from the driver's seat with the door open and immediately stopped.
Later that day, I installed the plugs and took the car on a nice drive to get everything good and hot. No issues at all.
So now, my overthinking self has been, well.. overthinking what I did. What are the odds I washed down the cylinder walls and possibly scored or removed the crosshatching? I'm not sure how easily the oil film is washed off the walls and I figure any real excess of fuel would have been pushed out of the plug hole on the up strokes. Additionally, as I'm building pressure, wouldn't the film be restored on the walls by the crank sloshing oil everywhere as the piston rings move up to TDC?
On top of all of the above, if I did slightly dilute the oil, did my 15 minute drive to get everything hot do even more damage?
Either way, I did an oil change before driving it again to get rid of any fuel diluted oil and can't at least perceive any issues. I just need an expert to tell me that I've not any damage here.
Thanks.
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