As usual, all comments, input, advice and hoots of derision welcome!
Cheers Stef
I have several things to say about that and others who wish to fret and worry about oil usage and lubriucation
There is a much bigger difference between a splash only 'roid and the original pump and two sump system than meets the casual eye.
A single sump 'roid only has to loose about coffee cup full of of oil and the engine gets ZERO lubrication while the OEM system can lose all BUT a coffee cup full before it quits working entirely and that is more than a casual bit difference!!
The OEM oil pump has proven to been absolutely reliable over 80 or so years. Pumping what is in the sump even when it resembles septic tank liquids or road tar instead of oil.
Do you intend to run the engine 24-7 until you cannot afford to adding oil before you preform repairs? If so then I would worry about what is going on with the oil level and pressure. If not it is my experience that the engine will become impossible to start ,smoke like the dickens if you do get it started , blow by like crazy,knock etc PRIOR to it consuming all the oil in the crankcase in a full days operation. Lister knew what it was doing when it designed the crankcase capacity.
My opinion?, If it is going to be shut down each day and you plan tend to the engine in some manner before it is started again I believe you would better off spending your worry (and money) on things like getting hit by a meteorite
than on how to protect the engine from lubrication related failures.
If you are planning on running 24-7 till
then change direction at this point and time before you waste much $$$ and purchase a Kubota or one of the later model Lister Petter engines with the 24-7 engine protection packages. OR one of the old industrial engines such as a Blackstone or Ruston that was designed to run 24-7,,
something the CS Lister was not designed to do in spite of legend and lore.
Well,,, You asked,