[SEL] Oilers

[Luke Tonneberger]

Tom,

The cylinder oiler should be set to drip one drop per minute per horsepower. 
So, for a 5hp engine it should drip once every 12 seconds. You'll find that 
this is probably too fast of a rate. This is for a working engine. For an 
engine loafing along at a show you can decrease this amount quite a bit. 
Joe's suggestion is about right. A drop every 15 seconds or so. It's not 
real critical. If oil is puking out the back and flinging all over the place 
then it is too much. If your piston and cylinder look dry while the engine 
is running then it is not enough.

I will stop my engines every two or three hours and turn the grease cup on 
the connecting rod. I turn it enough so I can just see it starting to ooze 
out the sides. More is better I feel. I have a little plastic stick that I 
use to fill the grease cups. I usually will scrape the used excess grease 
from the sides of the bearings with my plastic stick and apply it to my 
gears.


Luke Tonneberger
Rockford, Michigan
USA

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>From: "Tom Dunlap" <tdunlap at satx.rr.com>
>
>I'm going to show my ignorance....but since i'm a newbie i will ask 
>anyway...whats the proceedure to adjust the oiler to the cylinder on a hit 
>and miss engine?  and how often do u turn the grease cup on the rod 
>bearing?  one more...  my stover has depressions on the main bearing 
>caps...no grease cups..how does this work?  Tom