Hi Ray,
Since you run one of these gadgets on your Tiger have you noticed a
difference before and after the installation of the electric top oiler?
How much trouble is it to install one on an MG engine?
How much do they go for? Are they cost effective?
Exactly how does it work? ..by pumping oil on top of the heads or..?
Peter Landy
'74 Bgt
Ray McCrary wrote:
>
> Guys,
> Leaving your engine running while running into the store isn't likely to
> make your engine last any longer.
> BUT....
> Most engine wear DOES occur at startup not because the oil "runs off" of
> the bearings, but because without oil pressure, there is no hydrostatic
> wave to support the bearings. As many of you know, bearing material is
> VERY heat sensitive, and if they bearings rub, they heat.
> At the risk of sounding rhadamanthine, I would forget all the wierd
> theories of why engines wear, and buy one of the small electric oil pumps,
> sold by stores such as Summit Racing, to pre-pressurize your oil system.
> No more zero OP starts= less wear on the engine.
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