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Originally Posted by blsfrs
I had been running a precharge of 7psi as recommended by Canton. Phil recommended 12psi.
I see part of Killer B's point, except that an open valve should prevent significant oil pressure drops by constantly feeding oil to the system. This does have and end point but, hopefully, by that time, you are out of the situation that caused the oil to slosh away from your pickup and your engine can start sucking oil again.
A problem that I see with running an electronic valve is that the accusump opens only when the engine has reached a preset low pressure. As Killer B stated there is a bigger delta so there is a bigger discharge and bigger recovery that takes oil away from the engine.
Phil might have specific data to back up his recommendations but I suspect that he did things to prevent his engines from going boom.
I think that we all know that the Accsump is not a completely perfect solution but it's a lot cheaper than a dry sump.
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Thanks, I was wondering since I had seen people on other platforms recommend a wide range, from 5-25psi, which is well beyond the range Canton recommends. So I was curious what you were running and how you settled on the number.