[TR] Oil pump priming

[pethier at comcast.net]

----- "T S Hardy" <t.s.hardy at clear.net.nz> wrote:

> Hi All....
>     Following the oil pump priming sagas at the moment. I entirely
> agree with
> the guy who said that all that was necessary was to remove the spark
> plugs,

Take the opportunity to shoot a little oil into the cylinders.

> and wind the engine over with the starter motor untill there was a
> good
> reading on the guage. Easy!
> Cheers....Trev. Hardy

This proceedure has always worked for me with Triumph engines.  

With the Renault engine in my Lotus Europa, a more direct route was sometimes required when the pump lost prime.  Spin off the oil filter.  There is an off-center hole in the plate where oil is supposed to come out into the filter from the pump.  Just take a Plews oiler full of motor oil and shoot oil into this hole until it won't take any more.  Replace filter and crank the engine on the starter motor as above.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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