Oil Pump Primer Tool for F-Series Engines by Red Line Land Cruisers – RL1369

Did you just purchase that old FJ40 Toyota Land Cruiser of your dreams?
!!! WARNING !!! DO NOT JUST SLAP A BATTERY AT IT AND TRY TO START IT! OR you will be slapping your whole purse at it! You may start it and get it to run. But you are going to harm the engine that it may only run that one time, and that is it – NO MORE! We have heard this story so many times and we cringe each time we do! You MUST ENSURE that oil is getting up to the rockers and flowing or all you are doing is dry-running your new to you Land Cruiser and you will be rebuilding the engine very soon! It’s costly and time consuming! You just added a year to your project build and deducted more money from your budget purse!

The Red Line Oil Pump Primer Tool (RL1369), designed specifically for F/2F/3F engines. This Oil Pump Primer Tool makes it easy to pump oil to the top of your engine and ensure your engines health. This special tool is designed to fit into the F-Series engine’s distributor hole and requires no modifications to use. This Land Cruiser Primer Tool feature a billet aluminum body, sealed cartridge bearing, brass sleeve and hardened steel shaft. The Oil Pump Primer Tool is purpose built for for multiple uses. Comes with hardware. Use an 11mm socket attached to either an electric or air powered drill to engage the shaft.

You need an oil pump priming tool to ensure your engine has immediate oil pressure and lubrication the very first time you start it after a rebuild or long-term storage. Without priming, an engine can run for several critical seconds with only air in its oiling system, causing metal-on-metal contact that leads to rapid, “dry start” damage or in most cases we have seen, complete engine failure after that initial first “dry” run.

Prevents Immediate Engine Damage: Critical components like crankshaft bearings, camshaft lobes, and lifters can be scored or even weld themselves together if they don’t receive oil within the first few seconds of operation.

Eliminates Air Pockets: Freshly built or long-sitting engines have air throughout the oil galleries. A priming tool circulates oil to purge this air and fill the system before the engine ever fires.

Reaches the “Top End”: This specialized priming tool allows you to build enough pressure with a drill to push oil all the way up to the valvetrain, ensuring rocker arms and pushrods are lubricated.

Diagnostic Safety Check: Using the tool allows you to verify that your oil pump is functioning and that oil is reaching all areas of the engine without the risk of running the motor under its own power.

New or Rebuilt Engines: Essential for the initial “first fire” to protect new, expensive components.

After Replacing an Oil Pump: To ensure the new pump has successfully pulled oil from the pan and filled the system.

After Long-Term Storage: If an engine has sat for months or years, the oil may have completely drained out of the galleries and lifters. This is single-handedly the #1 reason to have this tool! This is too often the reason we hear about engines going bad as they have been brought back alive after sitting for so long, only to have the engine lock up due to the “dry run.” We don’t care if you buy our tool or not, just PRIME YOUR ENGINE!

The Red Line Oil Pump Primer Tool id inserted through the distributor hole to engage the oil pump drive shaft. You then attach a standard power drill to the top of the tool and spin it—usually until you see oil reaching the rocker arms or a pressure gauge shows a reading.

Comes with hardware – mounting bolt.

Mounting is easy! Drop the Oil Pump Primer Tool into the F-Series engine’s distributor hole and insert the shaft. It is easy to “key” it into the oil pump as you can feel it when you drop it into the slot. Install a 11mm socket on your drill of choice and it will fit onto the shaft.

As you can see here, we can easily hit 65 – psi oil pressure. Also, we had the valve cover off and verified that oil is truly coming up to and through the rocker arm assembly. VISUALLY VERIFY – THIS IS A MUST! This is the whole purpose of this whole exercise – visually verify!

SAVE THE F-SERIES!

Our partnership with Crazy Steel Customs lets us take time away from their daily medical and racing industry work to play with our vintage Toyota Land Cruiser parts. Thus, we have put many R&D hours into our Red Line Oil Pump Primer Tool and many other products, and we can assure you they will work to your satisfaction!