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Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps [message #246130 is a reply to message #246120]

Wed, 02 April 2014 02:22

ljdavick

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Isn't that good insurance for an old engine? To my mind the difference is insufficient oil up top as opposed to oil recirculating via the bypass valve. The recirculated oil does little harm except for a horsepower or two.

Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, CA

> On Apr 1, 2014, at 8:18 PM, Jeff Marten <jtmarten@msn.com> wrote:
>
> Where does the oil spray originate? Are you inferring filling the pan with an excess volume of oil, and thereby using the crank to splash oil around??? (terrible idea if so) Or installing spray nozzles so the extra volume of oil pumped is utilized?
> A high volume oil pump does nothing but bypass more oil than a standard pump if the bearing clearances aren't set to utilize the extra volume of oil. Clearances at X" will only flow X volume of oil, nothing more; the additional pump volume will just be bypassed.
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		[GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: BobDunahugh on Tue, 01 April 2014 21:40
		Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: Jeff Marten on Tue, 01 April 2014 22:18
		Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: USAussie on Wed, 02 April 2014 01:47
		Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: ljdavick on Wed, 02 April 2014 02:22
		Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: Matt Colie on Wed, 02 April 2014 10:26
		Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: James Hupy on Wed, 02 April 2014 11:03
		Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: mikethebike on Wed, 02 April 2014 15:20
		Re: [GMCnet] High volume oil pumps By: Bob de Kruyff on Thu, 03 April 2014 20:34
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		Re: [GMCnet] High Volume Oil Pumps By: USAussie on Thu, 03 April 2014 20:14
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