Re: Oil Pump Wear

[Glenn Merrell <gmerrel@domain.elided>]

Hello Daryl,
	There is a good article by Tom Jell at the Triumph Page covering the Oil Pump,
pictures of wear, etc..  See it at
http://www.team.net/www/triumph/mainStag.html#OilP

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Daryl Gatenby wrote:
> 
> I took an oil pump off recently and it had a lot of scratches on the
> impeller. In fact, deep scratches in the direction of rotation and all
> through it actually. This was caused by metallic debri that found its way
> through the pump and into the filter.
> 
> After this episode it probably wasn't pumping oil as well as it once did.
> 
> Thought I would add this to Peter's earlier comment about wear factors on
> Oil Pumps and how to measure them.
> 
> Daryl Gatenby
> 73 MOD