Heavy oil pump

[TigerSaleen]

Hey, guys:

I'm interested in picking up some kind of a pump that is capable of pumping 80W/90 lubricant into both a rear diff and transmission while they are in the car. Am I dreaming, or do they make one of these that runs on compressed air? By the way, I'll be using bottles of the 80W/90 rather than a bucket or drum. Does anyone have any ideas for me?

Thanks much!!!

 

[AndrewH]

Hey, guys:

I'm interested in picking up some kind of a pump that is capable of pumping 80W/90 lubricant into both a rear diff and transmission while they are in the car. Am I dreaming, or do they make one of these that runs on compressed air? By the way, I'll be using bottles of the 80W/90 rather than a bucket or drum. Does anyone have any ideas for me?

Thanks much!!!

Ingersol Rand makes various size pumps that are air driven, we use them at work to pump liquids, including some very heavy / thick oil.

 

[larry_g]

At the plant we had to get 90wt into some tight gearboxes. I would pop it into the microwave for a bit till the oil was warm and would pour much easier. Some we could only get half the bottle out due to tipping limits so would use two 1/2 bottles and then combine the two left over bottles into one. I have in the shop a gallon bottle that came with a pump included. You might be on the lookout for one of them.

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no neat sig line

 

[Fixnair]

The refrigeration industry uses a hand pump that will do what you want. I have one and that's how I get the oil into the differential of my Ford Superduty F350.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Why do you need an air pump to pump a couple of quarts of gear oil in your car? Seems like overkill to me.

I use a CRC Sta-Lube pump

http://www.crcindustries.com/ei/product_detail.aspx?id=SL4344

It fits anything from quart to gallon containers (with a big mouth, like my Amsoil bottles) and has a neat hose end with teeth that locks into the threads of the filler port. I've used mine for several years now. Have one that stays in an ATF bottle to refill the 5 spd on my Ranger, and one that stays in an gear lube bottle for rear ends.

Easily found on Amazon, at the link above, and many other places on the web and in auto parts stores.

Charles

 

[TigerSaleen]

Hey, guys:

Thanks to all who responded to my question, especially Charles. My interest in a compressed air-driven pump was mainly just a curiosity, not a requirement. Actually, Charles, the pump you provide a link to will do quite nicely. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

 

[LandR]

I use the one pictured above but also use one with a cylinder(imagine a bicycle pump) you draw pack on the piston to fill the chamber with oil and then push down to evacuate the chamber.

Put one hose end into your bucket of oil and the other into your diff/t-case/etc.

Makes things a lot easier when you have multiple race cars...

 

[purplezr2]

garden sprayer and a heat lamp works great

 

[MDJames]

I have the one pictured in this thread - just make sure you understand what you are buying. It will only fit wide mouth bottles and I don't find it to work particularly well. I have bought a few of these type of transfer pumps and most have found their way to the trash.

I finally ended up with the Mityvac MV6400. I had a hard time initially spending the money on something that appeared so simple, but I probably could have bought 3 based on the other pumps that I got annoyed with.

 

[niferous]

I also have the little hand pump. By the way to get one of these and not pay for it just grab the hand pump off a bottle of Gojo or other hand cleaner. They are all just a little plastic pump. Clean it out and let it sit in some water with dish soap and then rinse it thoroughly. I also go through a lot of these at my shop as we sell them on our private label laundry soap. I think we're paying around $.90 each for them new.

 

[MDJames]

I also have the little hand pump. By the way to get one of these and not pay for it just grab the hand pump off a bottle of Gojo or other hand cleaner. They are all just a little plastic pump. Clean it out and let it sit in some water with dish soap and then rinse it thoroughly. I also go through a lot of these at my shop as we sell them on our private label laundry soap. I think we're paying around $.90 each for them new.

You could do that, but you would probably have to pump a quart bottle close to 100 times to empty it.

 

[sberry]

I like the idea of a simple pump. Its rare enough of an event anymore that in many cases a bottle works or we rig a hose on a ******. I am going to rig a green slime pump on a gallon bottle with 18 inch hose, put a hole near the top to force the hose end back in for storage.

 

[crewchief888]

i use a suction gun.

ive seen hand pumps that fit 5 gallon buckets, we used them for large quantities of gear lube into gearboxes.

 

[koditten]

Someone posted a build thread using a small block Chevy oil pump to transfer lubricating fluids. I'm sure someone will post it soon.

KO

 

[sberry]

Run it with battery drill,,, that is a great idea.

 

[GTA Matt]

If anybody is looking for the absolute best fluid transfer pump, it doesn't get much better then this Assenmacher setup. They have a few different kits with various fittings for different transmissions, and it easily pumps 75w-140 and 80w-90. I got a few different sizes of their jugs too, for each of the major fluids I deal with daily so I don't have to empty one container to fill it with a different fluid, just transfer the pump.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BTEXQUC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[TwoInch]

80w-90 gear oil is the same viscosity as a 10w-40 or similar motor oil. any pump that can handle motor oil viscosity type liquids would work the same with gear oils.

the number is higher on gear oil so people dont confuse them with similar weight or viscosity motor oil, and dump gear oil in their crankcase.

 

[Sureshot]

Run it with battery drill,,, that is a great idea.

I have that rigged on my oil change barrel to empty it. You can run it in reverse to **** the oil out of containers as well. We used to have some trucks here and the smallest oil change was 5 gallons.

I will have to take it apart and take some pics.

I would like to find a small enough pump to fit in the bung on a pail and rig it for a drill.