briggs opposed oiling

dropzone

OK guys and gals Ive been thinking about something for the past couple of weeks. It has to do with oiling a Briggs opposed. The Briggs uses vacuum from the engine to operate the fuel pump. A golf cart uses the same type of fuel system. My thought is to use the same fuel pump the golfcart uses except it will be pumping oil to the top of the engine. I'm gonna Tee off the oil drain with a hard line to an oil cooler then to the fuel pump then to the top of the engine where it will drain off over the cam and down on to the crank and rods. For the vacuum source to operate the pump I'll just tee off the existing vacuum line that operates the fuel pump. Have any of you tried this? Like I said its just in the thought process as of now. I'm also thinking on adding a oil filter between the pump and the block. The reason is right after I got the engine in the cart it started knocking. The rod next to the flywheel went south it didnt come unglued but it was well on its way. I found out the rod was turned wrong from factory for the RPMs I was turning (no governer). I fliped the new rod and now Im thinking of a way to prevent it from happening again. I was just wondering if any of you tryed this? Do you think the fuel pump would do the job with out melting down?

BGW

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pizzamaker

a fuel pump won't move oil, those engines oiled well and really don't need extra help. 2 to 3000 hrs is very common run time, i think you had a bad one or somebody played with it and didn't know what they were doing.

pizzamaker

an opposed twin won't run over 3,300 rpms for very long, that is one of the reasons guys don't use them.

dirtysouth

He knows what he be talkin' 'bout...