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How does one fill those mini oilers that

z28toz06

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go on the end of your air guns? I bought a Pittsburgh (Harbor Fright) 1/4" npt in line oiler. looks well enough made, but how the fvck do you put the oil in it?

There's a tiny hole where a threaded screw goes in to fill it, but it's so small, the oil bridges on top, and then it just runs over the sides.
 
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z28toz06

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does nobody own an oil can anymore either the thumb lever or the type you press on the convex tin bottom to make it squirt oil?

I have a small pump type oil can but the spout is way too large for the tiny rifice on the mini oiler. I remember the old convex bottom ones, but haven't see none in years. The end of that would probably be small enough.

I bought a 10cc syringe for feeding small animals at petco today but even that is too large to squirt oil into it. Tractor supply tomorrow. Hopefullt I can find one there.
 

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I also use the syringe method. (although mine is more of a pipette, but same idea)

I bought one from sears and i think i probably used it twice. I tends to leak the oil out of the screw/fill hole pretty easily...so now its just sitting in my tool box.
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