My latest project is an electric oil pump for pre-pressurizing the engine to ~15psi or more prior to cranking the engine.
Bonus function is to have it kick in to boost flow (ergo pressure) at low RPM.
I am thinking of something like this: [ https://infinityaerospace.com/product/other/pre-oiler-and-back-up-engine-oil-pump/ ]. It appears to be a pretty generic electric pre-luber. I am not a fan of those four little screws and square flat plate.. but maybe that's not an issue.
It seems like an ideal design would involve a dual filter remote mount, with a full bypass filter and a normal filter as well [ Amsoil universal kit https://www.amsoil.com/p/amsoil-universal-dual-remote-bypass-system-bmk23/ ]. An even cooler design would incorporate the electric pre-oiler into the remote mount.. that might get a bit bulky though.
Has anyone done this? Is this peanut gallery stuff? From my aviation days, I am a fan of pre-oiling and boost pumps
and it seems like a moderately affordable life-extension project, especially when combined with the full bypass amsoil filter kit. ... you could even run the thing on a timer to maximize the micron-level filtration.
One extra element (hah, pun) is the inclusion of an oil pre-heater. It turns out that lots of water gets absorbed into oil when it cools... It seems oil below ~170ºF doesn't really dry out much. I know there are drain-plug heaters (and magnetic stick-on pan and block heaters for the ferrously inclined) so that is probably an easy kit.
Bonus function is to have it kick in to boost flow (ergo pressure) at low RPM.
I am thinking of something like this: [ https://infinityaerospace.com/product/other/pre-oiler-and-back-up-engine-oil-pump/ ]. It appears to be a pretty generic electric pre-luber. I am not a fan of those four little screws and square flat plate.. but maybe that's not an issue.
It seems like an ideal design would involve a dual filter remote mount, with a full bypass filter and a normal filter as well [ Amsoil universal kit https://www.amsoil.com/p/amsoil-universal-dual-remote-bypass-system-bmk23/ ]. An even cooler design would incorporate the electric pre-oiler into the remote mount.. that might get a bit bulky though.
Has anyone done this? Is this peanut gallery stuff? From my aviation days, I am a fan of pre-oiling and boost pumps
and it seems like a moderately affordable life-extension project, especially when combined with the full bypass amsoil filter kit. ... you could even run the thing on a timer to maximize the micron-level filtration. One extra element (hah, pun) is the inclusion of an oil pre-heater. It turns out that lots of water gets absorbed into oil when it cools... It seems oil below ~170ºF doesn't really dry out much. I know there are drain-plug heaters (and magnetic stick-on pan and block heaters for the ferrously inclined) so that is probably an easy kit.
