I made the mistake of NOT turning on the Valve on the Tank to the Dry sump feed.
That cost me an engine last year....Over the winter I added a Ignition interlock
so the starter will not operate if the valve isn't open. $5 in parts last year
would have saved me $8000
Mike M.
"Albaugh, Neil" wrote:
> Jim;
>
> I suppose you could add a shutoff valve in the line from the pump outlet to
> the oil tank return to keep oil from slowly leaking back through the pump
> into the sump after the engine was shut down. Of course, if you forgot to
> open that valve before you fired up next time.... disaster.
>
>
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Michael Meierle
http://www.alcatel.com/
Irvine, CA.
949/450-9160 X8031
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