Hand crank / check LPW4

[sandmanxx]

How do you check these little 4 cylinders by hand crank.. Is there a pressure release valve or other way to help in manually turning over?

Going to take top covers off and put a little lube oil in before.

Sorry but was looking for info on hand cranking or turning over the LPW using my cell phone with cell towers not cooperating.. So I decided to post.

 

[Haoleb]

its not hard to crank it with just a wrench on the crank pulley. If your belt is good you can probably get it most of the way around by turning the fan.

And of course there is the dead crank switch

 

[sandmanxx]

The engine is sitting on a table.. was going to put flywheel on. No belts on / etc.

 

[Haoleb]

Ahh, well that does make it a little tougher.

 

[sandmanxx]

That's my real question. How hard is it to manually turn crank via a flywheel on a bench. Just wanted to check before I get to that point.

Can't find any info / or "have done" it info when looking by cell phone earlier - and will be back with questionable cell search shortly lol

 

[DieselAddict]

Pull the glowplugs and turn it over by hand with the crank pulley. It should spin over quite easily.

If it has no crank pulley run the crank bolt in and turn it over with a wrench.

 

[sandmanxx]

Thanks all for taking the time. No problems - and to be honest I am new to these engines. Just thought to ask!