We’ve all learned our lesson by now: after rebuilding your engine, prime the oil system completely before attempting to start it up!

Dry starts kill engine components and with the EPA’s ever tightening regulations that restrict the camshaft saving additives, keeping a supply of oil on the cam is vital to the life of your engine.

We found PROFORM’s Oil Primer tool a valuable addition to our tool box. If you rebuild Chevy V8 and V6 engines, this oil pump primer has a spot in your tool chest.

What makes this oil pump primer different than many on the market today is the bushing at the bottom of the tool. This is designed to route pressurized oil from the block passageways into the valvetrain galleries to supply oil to the complete valve train.

All you need to use this oil pump primer is a common 3/8″ electric drill.

Watch the video of PROFORM’s oil pump primer in action:

Quick and easy pressurized oil to the entire oil system in your Chevy engine. We’ve seen some backyard mechanics take apart old distributors and use the shaft in an attempt to accomplish a more complete priming of the oil system. These types of backyard remedies have mediocre success compared to PROFORM’s oil pump primer that was designed specifically for this job.

At a cost that any mechanic can find space in the budget, you simply cannot afford to be without this cool tool.