Automatic method and apparatus for preventing wear in an internal combustion engine

A kit comprising an apparatus for preventing wear in an internal combustion engine having a battery, a normally provided oil filter point of connection on the engine block, an engine lubricating gallery, an oil sump, an engine pump outlet, an engine oil pressure sending unit and a normally provided point of attachment, a lubricating oil, said apparatus comprising:

• an electric pump;
• an inlet side of said electric pump dimensioned to be affixed and fluidly connected to said oil sump;
• a first conduit means for fluidly connecting an outlet side of said electric pump to said engine lubricating gallery;
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• programmable logic control means coupled to said battery for automatically powering on, said electric pump regardless of whether said engine is operating or not.

An apparatus for preventing wear in an internal combustion engine having, a battery, an oil sump, a lubricating oil, a dipstick well communicating with said oil sump, an engine pump outlet, a normally provided oil filter point of connection on the engine block, an engine lubricating gallery, an ignition switch, said apparatus comprising:

• a hollow dipstick dimensioned for insertion into said dipstick well;
• a lower end portion of said hollow dipstick opening equipped with a check valve;
• said lower end portion of said hollow dipstick opening submerged in said lubricating oil contained by said oil sump;
• a plurality of adequate markings at said lower end portion to indicate quantity of lubricating oil in said oil sump;
• a first of two complementary parts of a quick disconnect self sealing coupling provided at an upper end portion of said hollow dipstick;
• an electric pump;
• a low ampacity fuse interconnected with said battery to prevent electric overload conditions;
• programmable logic control means coupled to said electric pump for automatically switching control power from said battery and operatively independent of said ignition switch state;
• an inlet side of said electric pump dimensioned as a second of two complementary parts of said quick disconnect self sealing coupling;
• a conduit means connecting an outlet side of said electric pump to said engine lubricating gallery;
• a high arrestance filter connected in said conduit means for substantially removing contaminants from said lubricating oil;
• a temperature sending unit operatively connected to said programmable logic control means for enabling and disabling said electric pump;
• an external controller operatively connected to said programmable logic control means for activating said electric pump remotely;
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• a three way hydraulic coupling shaped as a flat doughnut having a thickness within a range of 0.20 to 0.75 inches interposed between said filter and said normally provided oil filter point of connection on the engine block for fluidly connecting said apparatus, said engine lubricating gallery, and said engine pump outlet.

An apparatus for preventing wear in an internal combustion engine having a battery, an ignition switch, an oil sump, an engine pump outlet, a lubricating oil, a normally provided engine oil filter, a normally provided oil filter threaded point of connection, an engine oil gallery, said apparatus comprising:

• an assembly case, said assembly case being cylindrical in shape and open at one end, said assembly case dimensioned to replace the normally supplied oil filter which is generally cylindrical in shape, said assembly case provided with a threaded section in the inside periphery next to said open end;
• an assembly adapter circular in shape and dimensioned to be the complement to said assembly case in forming a cylinder, said assembly adapter provided with a threaded section around its outside periphery for matching the threads provided in said assembly case;
• a pump assembly formed by mating said assembly adapter to said assembly case by threading their mating threads into each other;
• an electric pump enclosed by said pump assembly and having its outlet fluidly connected to an outlet chamber fluidly connected to an internal volume defined by said pump assembly;
• a first check valve in series with said pump outlet;
• an inlet of said electric pump connected to a conduit means connected to a modified drain plug having a center channel to allow flow and access to said lubricating oil contained in said oil sump;
• a second check valve in series with said pump inlet;
• a transverse oil filter cartridge shaped like a hockey puck whose function is to filter the normal operating flow of lubricating oil while said engine is operating, said transverse oil filter cartridge sandwiched between said assembly case and said assembly adapter, said oil filter cartridge fluidly interposed between the volume defined by the pump assembly and the hydraulic access point to the engine lubricating gallery;
• a female thread centrally provided in said assembly adapter to facilitate connection to said normally provided oil filter threaded point of connection;
• a rubber gasket circular in shape and rectangular in its cross section sandwiched between said assembly adapter and the normally provided oil filter attachment point on the engine block;
• a plurality of orifices arranged in a circular pattern around said female thread of said assembly adapter to allow for fluidly connecting the outlet of the normally provided engine oil pump to the engine lubricating gallery through said transverse oil filter cartridge;
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• a programmable logic control means coupled to said electric pump for automatically switching control power from said battery according to an operating cycle and operatively independent of said ignition switch state.