loobman

mrefc · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Karma :

Purchased one of these a few weeks ago installed all ok. Not too fiddly like I've read. I just have one problem. The dosing tube will not stay in the oil feed head. Within about 15 mins of riding it pops out.

Any suggestions out there as to the best way of keeping in it the hole
Thanks

jeddy11 · Traffic Copper Joined: 06 Jul 2012 Karma :

It comes with a cable tie to put round the collar and squeeze tight but i think i used a bit of superglue on mine and had a little excess tube so it pushed into the feed head and not pulled out..

Had one of these on my 125 and it was great i then got another one for my er6f and just couldn't get the flow right and got pissed off after a couple of weeks with the deliver head not sitting right so ripped it off an into the bin..
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The Artist · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Karma :

They are pretty much universally agreed to be a cheap gimmick which kind of works but needs almost daily maintenance and adjustment.

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

If you email Mr Loobman any queries and pictures, he will get back to you personally.
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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Bin it and get a Scottoiler, that's what I did.

DrDonnyBrago · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Karma :

Utter.

Pile.

Of.

Shit.

There is one in my mum's garage somewhere, sitting under a pile of junk... which is the best place for it.

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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

They are a pain in the arse.

I once had one set up and working perfectly, but I think that was a bit of a fluke. Certainly they never like being transferred from one vehicle to another.

I haven't use a scottoiler for years, but if they cracked using an electric kit as standard instead of fiddling around with vacuum operation, they must be good by now.

Any chain oiler will still need some ongoing maintenance, never truly "set it and forget it". Loobman falls apart, tutoro I assume also falls apart, Scottoiler used to have frequent failure of the narrow oil delivery tubes.

I like shaft or belt drive.

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Serendipity · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Karma :

I put a Loobman on my bike, but removed it after a few months due to a serious and potentially dangerous flaw in the design. When I ordered the Loobman they sent me one of the new ones with the hard plastic reservoir with the push button to open the flow. The idea being you press the button for 2 seconds and immediately set off, oil flows down the pipe and drips onto the chain.

Then one day I pressed the button and it stuck down. The unit then spunked half the reservoir of oil all over the chain, floor, wheel, tyre and several passing kittens. Trying to pull the button back up resulted in it coming off in my hand. Not impressed.

Road dirt had got into the mechanism and caused the issue. Giving it a good clean solved the problem, only for it to re-occur a few weeks later. Thinking that the squeezy bottle type reservoir seemed like a better idea I wrote to Loobman to ask if I could swap to that type, but he was out of stock.

Having a chain oiler that I need to regularly clean and maintain seems like a totally fvcking stupid waste of time. I may as well just regularly clean and maintain my chain. Rolling Eyes

Anyway. Familiar end to the story. Bought a second-hand Touring Scottoiler from Fleabay. Made sure not to fit it like a retard and what d’ya know? It works perfectly. No maintenance required and I only need to top it up approximately once every 6k miles. Chain wear just stops. I never need to adjust it. The chain was on the bike when I bought it last year so I don’t know how many miles it’s covered, but I’ve added 20k since then and it still appears in great condition. I suspect that what’ll eventually kill it is the sprocket teeth starting to hook. When that happens I’ll replace the C+S as a set. Thumbs Up

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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Tutoro is in the bin, Loobman dual feed head is in the bin and replaced with a single piece of cable tie shoved up the japseye of the tube.

If you want to do it in the cheap and don't mind the inevitable fiddling around, Google DIY chain oiler and get bodging.
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