Originally Posted by
SlowLST2
5-7 drops will get around the piston, but won't get to the wristpin or the bearings which is really the most important parts to get oiled. Why? So if the oil residue from the fuel congeals, the gudgeon pin doesn't get frozen up in the piston (this is bad if this happens) and bearings don't skid.
If you're only storing your engine for a short time - say less than a few months, you won't know any different. Store an engine for a year or two and you'll see the difference.
But I just stored my engine for 2 years before I took it out again a few months ago and my Virtus was as oily as any* can get!
I dropped the oil through the plug hole only, put glow plug back in and get flywheel running on the starter box for a few seconds. That gets the oil distributed every corner of engine just fine. It was not just the piston and conrod that were wet with oil but pins and bearings were just as wet.