Diesel Engine Pre-Oiler Pump
02-27-2016, (Subject: Diesel Engine Pre-Oiler Pump ) 
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Diesel Engine Pre-Oiler Pump
Alarm! Alarm! Your driving down the road, in Nevada or somewhere deserted, no cell phone signal, and you have alarms going off on the dash, OIL PRESSURE 0psi

That happened to a guy I knew last year, and before he could shut off the engine it seized up and died. $40,000 later he is running again with a salvage yard engine(engine rebuilt). A Back-Up Oil Pump would have saved his bacon that day.

Some guys get a Spun Bearing after an oil change(especially on older Detroit Diesel engines) others spin a bearing on a cold morning, and sometimes it happens because of the EGR Soot Monster.

Spun Bearings and Camshaft destruction are much more likely after the truck has sat for a week off work and the oil drains to the pan. Get sick or injured and take a week or 2 off work, the last thing a guy needs is a $5000 - $40000 engine breakdown to deal with when he comes back ready to work.

Hate to sound like a marketer here, but here is cut-n-paste things I found to support spending $$ on this project.
A Pre-Oiler Pump could have saved a lot of life on those bearings and camshafts.
"Cold Start Scuffing". During the initial start-up of an engine the lack of any type of oil pressure leaves the cylinder walls, bearings and valve train without the necessary oiling cushion that is normally provided by the engine oil pump.

80% of all engine wear occurs at startup. The longer it has been since an engine was last started the greater potential for wear!
Pre-Lubricating any engine before it is started will decrease or eliminate the overall wear normally associated with the "dry starting" of an engine, thus extending engine life.

After a week, even oil that normally is in the small oil passages and oil galleys has run back into the oil pan, making the initial starting of your engine even harder on the bearings and valve train components. "Why?" Because now when starting the engine the oil pump has to fill all of the oil passages before any oil gets to your bearings or valve train...on some engines this can take 5-10 seconds or MORE.

A Pre-Oiler and Back-Up Oil Pump could be the best investment to keep your truck engine running for 1M+ miles.

I am looking for an engine Pre-Oiler and Back-Up Oil Pump combination for a 15L Cummins ISX diesel engine that uses 15w40 oil.

My main questions to the manufacturers technical sales rep are:
Will this reliably perform 5x a day for 300 days a year, sometimes in -15F weather.
Will your pump flow oil thru it in the de-energized state if it has 50psi of engine oil pump pressure to it? (which would require a solenoid to interrupt)
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Diesel Engine Pre-Oiler Pump - yamajason - 02-27-2016



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