Hydraulic cam followers

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Gilles

Hello JFP,

What is the most prsctical way to pre-oil the boxter engine after reassembly?
Do you crank it without the fuse for the oil pump?

Thank you!

No. We use a small pressure tank (air over oil) filled with break in oil to pressurize the entire engine without having to spin it, sort of like an over sized accusump set up. Once wet, light it off.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

No. We use a small pressure tank (air over oil) filled with break in oil to pressurize the entire engine without having to spin it, sort of like an over sized accusump set up. Once wet, light it off.

Cool, so you connect the hose from the pressurized tank to the oil filter housing?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Gilles

Cool, so you connect the hose from the pressurized tank to the oil filter housing?

You can use a modified filter housing, but I prefer to use the oil pressure sender port, and the oil ports on the cylinder heads so that the filtration system is wet as well.