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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reivaxtorres" data-source="post: 194645" data-attributes="member: 8890">nope, you primer it first before you start it, which is just once everything is plugged in, you unplug both the coils and crank the car. crank it for about 20 seconds at a time, and always turn the key to the off position (to avoid the CEL light). do this for about a minute or two, then plug the coils back in, say a prayer or two, and turn on the car. doing this, i had lifter noise for about the second or two that it took the oil to reach the lifters (same as when you do an oil change), no biggie. the only thing i kept a very close eye on was the coolant and the oil. the coolant because since the car was cold, the t-stat would be closed and not allow any of the coolant from the tank into the engine, so you had to wait until the car heated up and the t-stat opened up, in which case it sucked the tank dry. took about 2-3 gallons of coolant/water to fill it up. when you remove the heads, you are supposed to oil the cylinder walls. what i did instead was asseble it and before i put the plugs in, i dropped about a lid full of oil into each cylinder. cranking the car w/o spark would insure that the oil would be pressed against the rings and oil them as needed. because of this, once i turned on the car, it was spewing out white smoke (like a damn train) out of each pipe for about 10-15 minutes.</blockquote>