Automatic chain oilers

Hi,

I've been looking at automatic chain oilers and came across this rather
interesting electronic DIY one...

http://www.toadmotors.com/mccoi/mccoi_faq.htm

also

http://www.mccoi.de/

 

That appears to be deeply fucked insofar as even the inventor has no
enthusiasm left - have a look at the forum section ...

Think I'll pass, ta.

 

What about a Lubetronic?

http://www.motrax.co.uk/Maintenance/Lubetronic.html

 

Dazed says...

What's wrong with the good old tried and tested Scottoiler. Thousands of
people can't be wrong, me included.

 

Lozzo used his keyboard to write :

Expensive for a bit of plastic pipe, a plastic bottle and a valve.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Harry Bloomfield

Oh well, just make your own then. Easy.

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Harry Bloomfield says...

Cheaper than replacing chains at far too frequent intervals. I have had
this one on 4 bikes now and saved a fortune in chain and sprocket sets.
It cost me nowt to buy the original metering valve because I took it off
the bike it came with when I sold the bike, and it cost me a tenner for
a second hand touring resevoir which I top up with cheapo Husqvarna
chainsaw oil. Bargain.

 

I did. Baby's bottle from Boots, bit of plastic piping, tap from Boots'
home-made wine section....

Gravity feed, and you had to remember to turn off the tap when parking
the thing, but it did my XT600 proud, and the total cost was about three
quid.

 

Not so expensive when you work out how much it saves in chain adjustment
time and chains.

 

It's a myth, I tell you! I know we've done this all before, and many
times, but I really don't understand why people think that a quick
squirt of lube and a visual check every thousand miles or so, with an
adjustment required perhaps[1] once per service interval (i.e. the
shop does it) is such an onerous chore.


[1] I have done the gixxer once myself, but TBH it didn't really need
it - was more just for the practice.

 

Think of a Scottoiler as a chain *cleaner* rather than an oiler, & you
might understand why they're better. It's grit that kills an O/X ring
chain prematurely; moreso than lack of oil. The grit & grime act as a
grinding paste wearing away the rubber, & once it's worn enough to let
water through, you're doomed.

The constant drips of oil from a Scottoiler stop any grit from building
up on the chain, literally cleaning it as you ride. The last chain on
my Tiger lasted 30,000 miles of year round use and off-roading as a
result. I only changed it then because I felt guilty - it certainly
wasn't badly worn.