Has anyone ever used one of these Pressurized engine prelubers? Like a Melling MPL-101 or a Sealed Power T40? I searched here and Google and found no BITOG threads about it. Ive always used the shaft things you hook up to the drill and yank the distributor out and prime. Now as most engines have front mounted pumps, the old shaft system doesn't work. Ive built a few OHC engines over the years and merely disconnected the ignition and cranked the engine til I got oil pressure. I just finished putting on a new timing chain and tensioners, oil pump, oil pan, all new gaskets and front/rear main seal on the 380SL. Prior to doing this, the car hadn't been started in over a month. After I completed the job, I had the oil filter housing off. I drew vacuum from the pump outlet side til oil flowed. There is a valve on this side which only allows oil to flow one way. I would like to pressurize oil to the other side of that leads to the engines oil passages by using one of these pressurized prelubers. I was going to build and adapter and feed pressurized oil via the sending unit. The question I have is by feeding pressurized oil via the sending unit, could I damage that valve on the oil pump side of the filter or just generally do harm to the oil pump side? Or damage a built in bypass valve on other cars in the future?
I thought about building one of these, but by the time I factor in all the parts, I'm 75% of the cost of a pre built one. For that I would rather just buy one of these pre made. There are high odds I will use this at least a couple of times a year, so this tool seems like a worthwhile investment.
Thoughts?
I thought about building one of these, but by the time I factor in all the parts, I'm 75% of the cost of a pre built one. For that I would rather just buy one of these pre made. There are high odds I will use this at least a couple of times a year, so this tool seems like a worthwhile investment.
Thoughts?