Re: [FWDLK] Oil pump priming

if its not a freshly installed pump, just put the filter on dry and prime it- the residual oil will be enough to prime. a fresh install- drip some heavy-weight oil into the output and input of the pump and give it a few turns before installation- with the oil filter parallel to earth, the amount of oil it will retain is negligible for priming. vaseline in the pump is only effective when reassembling the pump- packing 1 orifice with it can ultimately slow the priming process- since air will have to move the clog...

on all my fresh builds- i hand operate the pump with some 40w oil before mounting- with an external priming- that is all that is needed.

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From: ajl <alacaria@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:07 am
Subject: [FWDLK] Oil pump priming

One more question;

Is it a practice to fill the oil filter up with as much oil as possible, also to fill the oil pump with petroleum jelly?

Or is their a way to fill the pump up with oil prior to using the shaft setup for priming?

Anthony

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