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Charlie,

They were still around as of the early 90's. We had looked into installing 
one on a new fire truck we were ordering. Thought it might help with start-ups 
since we rarely have time to let the truck warm-up properly. If I remember 
correctly it was just an accumulator that stored oil under pressure when the 
engine was running. The stored pressure was released when you pushed the starter 
button.

Karl

In a message dated 6/10/05 1:42:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chill8 at cox.net 
writes:

> There used to be a device on the market that pre-lubed your engine.
> It stored engine oil under presure while the engine was running and a check 
> valve kept it under presure after shut off.  Then on re-start a solidoid 
> released the check valve and the oil was forced to the bearings through one 
> of the oil tap passages in the block.
> 
> I never tried one but always wanted to.  Don't know if they are still around 
> 
> or not.
> 
> Charlie