Pre-oil before first run?

Here is part of a post I made a while ago to the BD-4 email list:

Get a cheap 1gal poly gas can (any kind of strong sealable container will
do) and a bolt-on style tire inflation nipple. (Both available at any
discout auto parts store.) Drill the gas can cap for the nipple and bolt it
on. This is the pressurization point. Run 1/4 copper tube through the gas
can vent hole and down to the bottom of the gas can, and epoxy it in place
above and below the vent hole. (Don't worry if it will leak a bit, this
isn't rocket science.) Hook that up to the oil pressure pick-off point on
the engine, using some hose to a pipe nipple at the engine. Fill the gas
can with oil, set your air compressor pressure regulator to about 20 lbs,
and pressurize the can. In a couple of minutes, all of the oil will be sent
through the engine, getting everything nice and oily. Don't forget to
reattach the aircraft oil pressure line to the engine after pre-oiling.

I ran 6 qts through, and then cranked the engine right away. Oil pressure
was immediate, even as the engine cranked. Total cost for this pre-oiler
rig was under $15. I have used it a couple of times since, very handy.


"Dave Hyde" wrote in message
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Anyone got any suggestions on how to pre-oil
a Lyc. O-320 before its first run?

Dave 'it might just be a train' Hyde

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 05:59:46 GMT, "Dave Anderson"
wrote:

Here is part of a post I made a while ago to the BD-4 email list:

Get a cheap 1gal poly gas can (any kind of strong sealable container will
do) and a bolt-on style tire inflation nipple. (Both available at any
discout auto parts store.) Drill the gas can cap for the nipple and bolt it
on. This is the pressurization point. Run 1/4 copper tube through the gas
can vent hole and down to the bottom of the gas can, and epoxy it in place
above and below the vent hole. (Don't worry if it will leak a bit, this
isn't rocket science.) Hook that up to the oil pressure pick-off point on
the engine, using some hose to a pipe nipple at the engine. Fill the gas
can with oil, set your air compressor pressure regulator to about 20 lbs,
and pressurize the can. In a couple of minutes, all of the oil will be sent
through the engine, getting everything nice and oily. Don't forget to
reattach the aircraft oil pressure line to the engine after pre-oiling.

I ran 6 qts through, and then cranked the engine right away. Oil pressure
was immediate, even as the engine cranked. Total cost for this pre-oiler
rig was under $15. I have used it a couple of times since, very handy.

I've seen something similar made using a 20# LP Gas cylinder.
The valve assembly is replaced with a new one containing a dip tube
and pressure connector for the air.

In these the pressure was quite a bit more than a above and as I
recall you could put up to 10 quarts of oil in one (possibly more).

I watched Jack Yoder use one to pre oil a couple of engines.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)


"Dave Hyde" wrote in message
...
Anyone got any suggestions on how to pre-oil
a Lyc. O-320 before its first run?

Dave 'it might just be a train' Hyde

To All:
I use a blow-molded garden sprayer, plugged into the main oil gallery via a
barbed hose fitting in the pressure port. I keep pressure on the bottle until
I see oil at all of the rocker arms, indicating the push-rods have filled.
Pre-luber is then removed, oil pressure sender replaced, sump topped up.

I've used this method for more than twenty years on VW engines. And one or two
others :-) Seems to work okay.

-R.S.Hoover