Controller, method, and engine system for engine crank control

A method for engine crank control, comprising:

• preventing, by a controller, cranking of an engine;
• causing presentation of, by the controller on a display, a message requesting a confirmation from a user that a sufficient amount of an oil is available for the cranking of the engine;
• in response to receiving a user interaction indicative of the sufficient amount of the oil being available, permitting, by the controller, the cranking;
• monitoring, by the controller during a period subsequent to initiation of the cranking of the engine, a pressure of the oil of a lubrication system;
• and
• in response to the pressure being equal to or greater than a threshold, continuing to permit, by the controller, the cranking.

An engine system comprising:

• an engine;
• a lubrication system configured to lubricate the engine;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• prevent cranking of the engine,
• permit cranking of the engine responsive to receiving an indication of a sufficient amount of an oil for the cranking of the engine,
• receive, during a period subsequent to initiation of the cranking of the engine, a plurality of first oil pressure signals associated with a plurality of first oil pressures for a first time period,
• in response to the first oil pressures being equal to or greater than an oil pressure threshold for the first time period, continue permitting the cranking and receive a plurality of second oil pressure signals associated with a plurality of second oil pressures for a second time period, and
• in response to an oil pressure trend of the second oil pressures being positive, continue permitting the cranking.