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interestingly a lot of cars DID have handcranks goign thru the grill & rad...my father-in-laws morris minor (1960's) still has this feature...and it can be used to START the car, indeed in the not to distant past this was how all cars were started!
many motorbikes (even some current high compression two stroke off road ones) have a feature that allows the cylinder to be de-presurised for this purpose...but we digress...
there are devices on the market that allow a charge of oil to be held at the head of the engine then released via an electrically operated valve into the head, i believe (never seen one!) that this is operated by the key goign into 'run' position.
I personnaly have a couple of issues with this...(1) it still doesnt lubricated the rings...(neither i suspect would an electric pump) (2) think when you fill a car with oil howe long it takes for it to drain to the sump...you realy need a minute or two for the oil to drop...
waht would be MORE interesting would be a way wehre you could use the starter to turn the engine over slowley (relatively) with the ignition & fuel injectors disabled....
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