Front Oil Lines - Purging?

[Steam Driver]

My SC sat for about 10 - 12 years before I acquired it as a "barnfind" (so to speak) I'm having to do a lot of work on it to get it back road-worthy and currently have the engine out (head studs). Here's the question: (Pardon me if this seems like a dumb one, but I've not seen it addressed anywhere.)

Should anything special be done regarding cleaning (blowing out, whatever) the oil lines and cooler before reinstalling and firing up the engine. I should note here that the oil I drained from the engine and inside the engine itself were clean as can be; no engine failure stuff or anything. Should I just leave the cooler and lines as they are, install the engine and run it?

Along the same line, what precautions should be used if the front to rear cooler lines and cooler are empty? Anyway to pre-fill them?

[kodioneill]

If there's no contamination don't worry about it.

[aston@ultrasw.c]

You don't need to prime the oil lines.

When the t stat opens oil will start to circulate all on its own.

You just need to check oil level when the engine is fully warmed up.

[schumicat]

I would leave it alone, because there is a decent chance the treads will be ruined if you try to remove the oil lines.

[zippy_gg]

I would replace the soft lines on the front cooler side as they tend to leak over time and are cheap.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by schumicat

I would leave it alone, because there is a decent chance the treads will be ruined if you try to remove the oil lines.

Agree. Leave it alone.

I did replace a leaking line on the engine side of the thermo. Several days of Kroil and low heat with an odd looking setup of wrenches/blocks with an open torsion bar cover hole. Threads are very fragile and you don't have a good angle of attack for the front lines.