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If you have damaged oilers, pull them out and replace them. They do not cost that much, and they are easy to remove by screwing in a tight fitting sheet metal screw in the hole where the ball fits, and then pulling them out with a pry bar. Make sure of the diameter of the hole the oiler fits into and then order the correct size, should be a snug but relatively light press fit, not too tight or too loose. The fact that they are not accepting oil is likely not the problem of the oiler, it is a very simple device and is wide open to flow below the ball. If the ball goes down, oil should be able to enter and make its way through the oiler, there is nothing there that can really impede the flow. The real problem is more likely to be dried oil or grease in the oiler and/or in the passages below the oiler. It might be worth squirting some hotter solvent (like acetone, perhaps, or similar) in there at short intervals to see if it can melt out the dried lube before taking the machine apart to clean it up. At least that is my take on it... I suppose it is also possible that the passage way was not completed properly at the factory, which would mean that the machine has to come apart to make it correct