- 1. Oil Pumps - Gear or Rotor? (score: 1)
- Author: Carlos Cruz <healey3000bn7@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:32:50 -0800 (PST)
- Good morning fellow listers, Can someone explain the advantages & disadvantages of each type of oil pump? Is one better than the other? I appreciate any help. Cheers, Carlos Cruz '60 BN7 -- Yahoo! Sm
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- 2. RE: Oil Pumps - Gear or Rotor? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim LeBlanc" <jleblanc@midsouth.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:12:27 -0600
- Gear driven pumps tend to have less friction. Having too much friction can give the gears up on the cam too much wear. Some experiments, maybe 15-20 years ago, put sprite internal parts into oil pump
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- 3. Re: Oil Pumps - Gear or Rotor? (score: 1)
- Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:45:21 +0800
- The Gear driven pumps were put in later 3000s by BMC because they are cheaper to make. The rotary vane pumps are better and tend to pump more oil more consistently over the entire RPM range, althoug
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- 4. Re: Oil Pumps - Gear or Rotor? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:54:38 -0800
- Anybody know for sure if they are drop-in interchangeable? Think I asked this before, but my mental gears are a little worn ;) bs ** Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net '67 Austin-Healey 3
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- 5. Re: Oil Pumps - Gear or Rotor? (score: 1)
- Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:22:22 +0800
- Yes, they are interchangeable. They fit up excatly the same. Regards, Alan '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
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