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The top of the cylinders is kind of obvious, but fogging the crankcase you want to make sure you are flowing the fogging oil through the crankcase from one end to the other to ensure a thorough coating. Often times I use the oil filler neck and the breather tube. Spray fog in one until you are getting a good flow of oil fog out the other, then switch and flow it the other direction. -Jeff Scott North AR > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 4:46 PM > From: "Mike Stirewalt via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > To: krnet@list.krnet.org > Cc: laser...@juno.com > Subject: KR> VW engine fogger > > I'm imagining a spray can that could be screwed into the oil cap threads > of the GPAS Type 1 VW engine. Or, instead of something that fits the > threads of the oil breather box, something just held in place by hand > pressure for the short time it would take to "fog" the inside of the > engine - that part of it below the pistons. I DO have a can of "fogging > oil" that I bought I don't remember where. NAPA probably. > > Seems like this would be a good thing to do before running an engine that > hasn't run in quite a while, or an engine that is being pickled. Seems > like this oil fog would coat everything that is not already covered in > oil. I'm thinking especially of cam lobes. > > Does anyone know of a particular product (like Cam Guard) that's designed > for this sort of thing? > > Another thought - a fitting that would fit a compressor hose that would > mix air with a bottle of oil, something like we have as a standard > attachment to a normal pressure washer? The compressor would be pushing > air while sucking up oil from a small bottle of oil thus making an misted > oil spray that could be aimed into the breather box oil entrance hole? > > A pressure washer puts out too much pressure to be suitable for what I've > got in mind, but without checking to see, it may be possible to turn down > the pressure low enough to make this a reasonable idea. The crankcase > breather type would relieve excess pressure as long as pressure wasn't > ridiculously high. Maybe a small garden sprayer is a better idea. It > could be pumped up to high pressure and inserted into the oil breather > opening. > > A WD-40-sized can is more what I've got in mind but I'm just going > through ideas in my head - the objective being to blow an oil mist into > the insides of the engine to thoroughly coat everything below the > pistons. The parts of the cylinders above the pistons can be gotten to > through the spark plug holes. > > Anybody ever done anything like this and, if so, did you use "fogging > oil" or just regular oil combined with some kind of anti-corrosion > product? > > I'd appreciate any thoughts anyone has. Meanwhile I'll prowl around the > internet to see what engine manufacturers do when they prepare an engine > for long periods of sitting, as for shelving in the warehouse as reserve > stock. > > "Cosmoline" pops into my mind as I think about this but I'm thinking this > is a product used on the exterior of an engine or other machine. > > Mike Stirewalt > KSEE > > > ____________________________________________________________ > What Popcorn Really Does To Your Memory > clearstateofmind.com > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5cd9e6062360066061528st02vuc > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
