Oil pump priming. Vaseline needed?

Sorry Bob. I’ll have to agree on disagreeing.
I have always, only used an oil priming rod and and drill with zero issues over the last 25 years.

I see zero reasons to introduce foreign material or odd oil into the system. If the oil pump doesn’t pump up with decent pressure, there is a problem with ether the oil pump or within the engine. So it then is ether a missing oil galley plug, blocked oil passage or a bad pump.

I have pre lubed every engine I have ever built too !
Ever put a new Chrysler pump on a 426 hemi, and it not pick up ?