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Originally Posted by Canadian_JOY
Ideally the engine would be placed on an engine stand, mounted on its crankshaft flange, with oil added through the accessory case and allowed to slowly fill the crankcase from the highest point.
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I have seen above folks talking about an ?automotive? engine stand, which I would not recommend. There is a reason that aviation stands have the crank shaft in the vertical orientation...if left long enough there will be creep as the crank was not designed as a cantilever beam with the entire engine weight hanging off of it.
On heavy components like gas and steam turbines the shafts will sag between the bearings if left to sit too long and are either rotated periodically or disassembled with the rotor hung vertical.