08-21-2014, 05:51 PM
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Junior
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Originally Posted by mike the snake
Why doesn't the accumulator dump it's oil at idle when the pressure is lower? Is it plumbed into the intake for the oil pump so the pump never sees a lack of oil when the OEM pickup isn't sucking oil, or does it hold oil at peak pressure and push oil through the engine at the highest pressures?
I'm trying to visualize how it works, say when you are at 9k rpm and the pressure drops from 70-80 to 60-70, how does the accumulator help keep the pressure high?
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I have a feeling it's RPM sensitive, in which case it gauges the oil pressure off of the RPM, not dumping and overfilling the crankcase at idle.
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