ok so lets say I'm going to prelube before stating it up. I have no preube pump. and i guess i could use an oil can and pump it up on the oil pump side so it gose through the filter first. any idea's???
One way that I have prelubed engines that had oil pumps NOT driven by the distributer, is to take some large pipe and reduce it down so it will thread into the location on the block where the oil pressure sensor threads in, fill the pipe with oil, screw the cap on and connect the air compressor to it.
I used around 30lbs of air pressure. The larger the pipe, the fewer times you need to refill it. I repeat this until the engine is filled to the correct level.
HINT: try not to let it run dry or you will get air into the system and displace the oil from the engine parts.
I try to keep turning the engine over to a minimum since it can displace the assembly lube before the engine is started. By pressurizing the system as described above, I'm sure that some of the assembly lube is displaced, but at least it is oil displacing it and not friction. Does this really make any difference? I can't say for sure, but I feel better knowing that I have had pressurized oil going through my engine before starting it.
On the distributer driven oil pump engines that I have built, I always felt better when I could turn the oil pump over with a drill motor and see 30-50 lbs of pressure on the oil pressure gauge for a couple minutes before I ever turned the engine over.
