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Pre-oiler?

Post by weirdfish » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:39 pm

I've done a search but can't find anything, I know a couple of people fitted pre-oilers, is there a "how to" anywhere.
Be interesting to know peoples thoughts as well, worth doing?

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Re: Pre-oiler?

Post by sleepyfolk » Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:32 pm

I’ve got one in a box ready to go once I can get the car in our workshop, been waiting since last summer! I thought it was worthwhile - henrym3 and lezmtaylor have them and possibly one or two others on here, try searching for instalube- there were some pics on the forum at one point

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Re: Pre-oiler?

Post by weirdfish » Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:51 am

sleepyfolk wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:32 pm I’ve got one in a box ready to go once I can get the car in our workshop, been waiting since last summer! I thought it was worthwhile - henrym3 and lezmtaylor have them and possibly one or two others on here, try searching for instalube- there were some pics on the forum at one point
Can you post a link as to which one you purchased, I did a quick search but couldn't find anything.

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Re: Pre-oiler?

Post by sleepyfolk » Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:28 pm

Couple of us got them from here http://www.engineprelube.com/howitworks.html but they were listing on eBay at the time

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Re: Pre-oiler?

Post by Alan Gunn » Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:58 pm

Just found this one on the bay if it's any good to you.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Engine-Pre-o ... SwXlpcgnkh

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Re: Pre-oiler?

Post by weirdfish » Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:07 pm

sleepyfolk wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:28 pm Couple of us got them from here http://www.engineprelube.com/howitworks.html but they were listing on eBay at the time
I did look at that site, but couldn't work out which kit would be needed.

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Re: Pre-oiler?

Post by sleepyfolk » Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:06 pm

I can’t remember which one it was, I emailed them and they got back pretty quickly, they did send the wrong solenoid but posted a replacement quickly which was good given where they are.

I found one other similar system in the Uk but it was quite a lot more, can’t remember the name of it now!

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