Engine preoiler dirt cheap homemade.

[Ricko1966]

I don't need one I've had a purchased from the tool truck one for 30 years. But someone on here said they made one,I don't remember who or how. But if I needed one I'd buy a pressure cooker from a thrift store drill the bottom for a fitting 1 nut inside 1 nut outside 1 sealing washer inside. Put your hose for the oil galley there, remove the existing pressure valve put your air pressure there. Use some common senseIf you can't use common sense leave the pressure relief and just drill for an air fitting.

 

[xm20k]

This I believe is what they are probably referring to which you pull the gear off and hack up the housing of a junk distributor to make for whatever engine you need one for attach your drill and go to town.

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[Ricko1966]

This I believe is what they are probably referring to which you can hack up a junk distributor to make for whatever engine you need one for attach your drill and go to town.

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Yep but that only works for SBC air over oil works on everything. I'm talking this basically but a pressure cooker as the tank and the hose out the bottom because that's dirt simple. You could run it out the top but that would require a dip tube and a compression fitting. Put an air in the top,and a pressurized oil fitting the bottom.

 

[xm20k]

Thats why you make a bunch of them I have a chevy one like pictured (bought no junk one at the time to hack up) a Ford one and an old AMC one I chopped up a couple junk distributors to make.

 

[Camar068]

I used an old ac compressor tank for oil. Cleaned/flushed it put fittings on. Set to oil psi and go. Gonna make another one for gear oil/transfercase fluid. I used a medical grade helium tank for the fuel pump to test the LS on the stand.

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[chris3353]

Yep but that only works for SBC air over oil works on everything. I'm talking this basically but a pressure cooker as the tank and the hose out the bottom because that's dirt simple. You could run it out the top but that would require a dip tube and a compression fitting. Put an air in the top,and a pressurized oil fitting the bottom.

FWIW the summit will work on buick, amc, pontiac, sbc, bbc and more.. ford uses a hex shaft so tap a socket to any extention and bingo..
I know nothing of mopar.

Anywhooo,, run a 1/2 drill, build 50+ psi easy rotate crank 90. Rinse and repeat

 

[CalSgt]

The most common DIY pressurized oil primers for the LS engines I have seen is just a $20 weed sprayer.

People buy a cheapo weed sprayer, cut off the spray nozzle and clamp the hose to a fitting screwed into the oil passage just above the oil pump. I've seen some people drill a small hole near the top and pull a rubber valve stem so they can pump it up with a air chuck.

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[73cheyenne]

I wouldn't want to pull my distributer to spin the oil pump. Can't even reach it without climbing into the engine compartment on my K20. Then you have to put the distributer back in the correct position, retime the engine, tighten the distributor. No thanks.

 

[winfred]

as a career mechanic, if i care enough, i'll pull the plugs and jump the starter to build oil pressure, less care, the plugs stay in.

if someone put a gun to my head to make an oiler, it would be a pressurized air tank with a regulator, so i'm not force feeding oil at 125-165 psi, tap it into the oil pressure sender port, or maybe a galley plug depending on the engine

 

[winfred]

Yep but that only works for SBC air over oil works on everything. I'm talking this basically but a pressure cooker as the tank

a pressure cooker with the potential to get above 15 psi scares the hell outta me, best case it's a giant mess, i wouldn't let it get near shop air, a bicycle pump with a gauge and a long enough hose to stand on the other side of the truck would be the only way i'd go near a bomb like that

 

[Fat 454]

This is interesting, cos when we rebuilt an LS earlier this year - realised you cannot "spin up" the oil pressure with an old distributor, cos there isn't one ( duh ). ended up filling the pump, and lubing everything with engine assembly grease before startup.

Don't think I would want to over pressurise anything and blow out gaskets etc. tho' - that would just be creating more issues.
Run in procedure is ( obviously ) very important to prevent glazing the ring / bore interface.

Also - anyone experimented with fitting an old school bypass type oil filter ? - this is a current project ..