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Hi,

Does anyone know where I can find an oiler like the one in the picture below ?

jon

JonRiley56 wrote:Hi,

Does anyone know where I can find an oiler like the one in the picture below ?

jon

Beckmann Boatshop http://www.steamboating.net. On their accessories page they also list drip lubricators, gages, gage syphons, steam safety valves, penberthy injectors, whistles, hand feed pumps, flexible steam hoses, shell-type heat exchangers, reflex gauges, etc, etc, and etc.

Thanks for the reply Ron,

I had seen the one on Lloyd's site. He is actually only about 10 miles from me. I was hoping to find his source.......smile......$354 is a lot to get past the queen, and, as the old saying goes, "if the queen ain't happy, nobody is happy"

Jon

JonRiley56 wrote:Thanks for the reply Ron,

I had seen the one on Lloyd's site. He is actually only about 10 miles from me. I was hoping to find his source.......smile......$354 is a lot to get past the queen, and, as the old saying goes, "if the queen ain't happy, nobody is happy"

Jon

Name the boat after her... George VI's wife, Mary, was very happy when Cunard named a liner after her. Otherwise, well ya gits what ya pays fer.

Hmmph. A simple displacement oiler will handle most lubrication needs; two valves in a vertical row with a oil cup on top will replace a manual pump oiler. Just close the bottom valve, open the top, add oil to the cup, close the top valve, open the bottom one. Kudos to those not opening both valves and spraying oil all over.

Or buy the ritzy brass one...

- Bart

Oh come on Bart, we all know that hot oil and water showers add to the excitement of steamboating.

Gents,

Suggesting that a large slow moving boat reminds me of my wife is an exercise in peril that I prefer to avoid.........

I do have a Lunk Senior that I could install in line. I was of the mind that I am less likely to "over-oil" with a manual oiler and am particularly concerned about getting the oil out of my hotwell b4 it feeds the boiler. I have to run condensing because I will be on salt.

I was under the impression that I needed pressure to inject oil directly into the cylinder thru a port on the top of the cylinder rather than entraining it in the steam feed. Am I wrong on that ?

If I decide to hang the displacement oiler how do I keep from over oiling a 3x4 simple ?

Wet steam lubricates quite well but when it comes time to shut down a few drips of oil won't hurt.My engine has the oiler Bart is talking about.Above my head in the picture the throttle is on the left .The oiler is on the right .Simply take the top off and fill with oil,then adjust the drip with the lower valve, simple,but as Bart says "Don't open both at once"

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Hi Den,

So if I understand correctly, you turn off the steam to the engine, open the valve from the oiler and alllow some oil to "drain" into the cylider, close the valve from the oiler and then apply steam again to distribute the oil in the engine/

Is that right ?

jon

Jon,

There are two valves below the reservoir, Leave the bottom one closed, open the top one and let some oil in, close the top one and then open the bottom one and release the trapped oil in to the cylinder. One could be made with two gauge cocks and a bowl of some type.

Similar to the oiler being discussed; to aid in your search, I've read they are referred to as "tallow oilers" as well. Apparently instead of oil, tallow was put in the bowl and as it melted? it was metered in to the cylinder. They are typically mounted in the cylinder head.

-Ron