heir on the side of MORE lube

 

there is no right and wrong.. just preference..

 

Pre-lubers are well known in the automotive world. The one JAM describes sound VERY similar to a simple Canton or Moroso Accusump, like this: http://www.accusump.com/ When these are installed in a car, they accumulate pressurized oil and then discharge it into your system when your oil pressure drops. Used in SCCA and track cars to protect against oil pressure loss in heavy cornering, but you could also pressurize them with compressed air and "inject" oil into the engine oiling system before starting a new engine, which would send pressurized oil through the engine and entire oiling system before turning it over.

There are also prelubers that are essentially external electric oil pumps. They are sold to pre-pressurize your oiling system before startup (turn the key, wait a second or two till you have oil pressure) as most of your engine wear is due to cold startup with no oil pressure. The same setups can be used (12 volt power from a battery) to get full oil pressure throughout your new motor before you start it. More info here: http://www.pre-luber.com/index.htm

I have both of these in my stash in the garage. I loan out the electric preluber to local club members for pre-pressurizing new motors before first start...

While most folks don't do this, and seem "OK", people who are **** about their expensive new motors do this all the time...

 

There is no right or wrong, but there is acceptable and there is thorough and when you're talking about MY car I prefer thorough. Just because something isn't required doesn't make it unnecessary or mean it's not beneficial.

 

I'll just follow the recommendation of whoever builds my motor then

 

The tank that we recommend is not a scavenging device like an Accusump. It is just used to prime the engine before startup and is not permanently installed on the vehicle.
http://goodson.com/store/template/pr...43acb6ac3c2ceb

There is not one "right" way do do it. We advise using the tank because it is the only way to be sure that oil is getting where it needs to be and that all of the air is out of the system. Another benefit is that it can point out any potential problems with the oil pump or excessive leaks.

 

a bit off topic, but lets say you have an installed pre oiler. Where is the best place to run the hose to.

I had one connected to the head, sort of above and behind the coolant thermo but I doubted any oil ever got to the bottom end?

 

By the filter housing, so that they do essentially what the oil pump would do -- feed the bottom end first, then progressively up to the head and the turbo...

 

no point in leaving this since the mods deleted my other post. silenced by the underground police of evom!

 

It is good practice to prelube any motor that has been newly assembled, no matter who puts it together.

That is true because it takes a period of time for the oil pressure to build as the motor is first turned over and the oil pump "primes", and during that time there is no oil pressure floating the rotating parts. While when everything works perfectly on the first startup, that time can be short, it does not follow that taking precautions to insure the least time without oil pressure on a new engine is not sensible. When it takes a little longer, damage can occur, which would be avoided by pre-lubing. It's just a matter of common sense that can save big dollars and downtime, and is simple to do...