The device is not a "top oiler"; it is a small, high pressure oil pump that
delivers oil pressure to your engine just as though it were operating.
Installation on an MG engine would, I think, be VERY easy because of
accessibility and the way that the MG oil cooler-oil filter is affixed to
the engine.
I think that I paid about $350 for the complete setup, and I notice far
less noise on startup, but I believe that time will ultimately tell the
tale as to wear.
Regards, Ray
At 12:57 AM 12/5/97 -0800, Peter Landy wrote:
>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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