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Old 12-01-2009, 04:12 PM
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Just me the old dude, but if it were me Id change the oil filter and see if there is a degraded o ring on the filter shaft.

You could be suffereing the oil drain down due to a bad o ring. If the torque converter drains down you rev till it fills and then you move.

Spin on oil filters have a back flow preventer that is intended to do this, and Id bet a diet coke ( coin of the realm ) that it is something like that.

In my big dodge I added (made) and accu,mulator to store oil to feed to the motor before I crank it to wet the bearings, float them.

Cheap to see, let me know back, W DY
 
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