I suggest that when doing recharge on accusump you spin the engine over a
few times with ignition off to get a bit of oil pumping, start engine with
accusump valve closed, & when engine oil pressure is stable just open the
valve slightly so oil bleeds off to charge the accusump. I usually just
crack the valve enough that engine oil pressure doesn't drop below 35 lbs or
so.
Glen.
----- Original Message -----
From: <VANDECARR@aol.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Accusump
> I didn't explain the situation well. You need to open the valve before
> starting the engine but should remember to close it before you turn the
> engine off.
>
> When you first start up the engine with an empty accusump the accusump
takes
> pressure away from the engine until it is resonably charged. I have mine
> plumbed into the oil galley above the oil filter. If the accusump is
empty
> and the valve is open, at start up you will notice a 10-20 second delay in
> getting decent oil pressure. Once the accusump is charged to about 40
lbs.
> everything is fine. This is only a problem with the manual valve systems.
> Accusump has a special valve built into the electric model to limit the
> amount of oil it takes at startup.
>
> Dean VanDeCarr
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