green2ndgen

first : what weight should i be running when i get my turbo installed.

second: i was talking to this guy at my work about my turbo, and somehow we got on the subject of "oil-preprimers," or so he called them, that are on boats... i was wondering if this could be applied to car engines as well using an external oil pump, if that even exists, and what it would cost? he said that most of the wear on your engine comes from when your motor has been sitting overnight and all the oil drains to the oilpan, when you crank it, it takes a few cranks to lube it up again.

is he bullshitting?

thanks

Chacko

He is somewhat correct, and somewhat not correct.

Yes, it is true that your oil will drip down into the crank case over night. But it doesn't all drip down there, there is still enough to give a little bit of friction to the parts. This is why when you start your car up, you don't want to start revving right away, you want to give it some time for the oil pump to push it all the way through. I usually will let my car idle for a minute before I drive, but this is also to get everything else warmed up (------ing oil through the engine shouldn't take more then 10 seconds, I don't think). But I figure its better to be safe then sorry

Preprimers... I have read something about that before, but its really not necessary.

Depending on elevation and temperatures, you're probably going to be running 10w30 oil, check your Honda user's manual - the turbo will accept the same type of oil.

green2ndgen

thanks man. right now im running 5w30 Mobile1 synthetic.

Chacko

Where do you live? We generally use the 10w30 here because its typically colder (Colorado).