Triumph Repair: accent 99 prime oil pump, oil pressure sender, grease guns

Question
I want to start a rebuil motor but how to prime the oil pump?

Answer
Cesarin,

3 ways that I know of:

1)  Fill the oil pump with petroleum jelly (aka Vaseline) before putting the pump in place.   That will help build vacuum to pull oil into the pump when you first start the car.

2)  Pull the spark plugs.  Squirt some oil into the cylinders.  Disconnect the power lead on the coil, and ideally pull the fuel line from the carb and cap it (or disconnect the feed into the fuel pump).   Make sure the battery is fully charged.   Crank the engine until it builds oil pressure.   Then reconnect the coil and fuel line.

3)  One of the parts vendors used to offer a pre-oil kit.  It was oil in a can under pressure with a fitting to go into the oil pressure sender hole in the block.  Essentially you back fill the pump from above.   It's possible to do the same thing with something like one of the grease guns that can accept liquid oil and some adapter fittings.


Cheers,

Jim