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PRESSURE

The pressure side of the pump provides oil to the engine at the required pressure. It is possible to run a dry sump system while retaining the original oil pump to supply the pressure and use an externally mounted pump for the scavenge operation. However, this isn’t very common. Typically a dry sump pump will be belt driven directly from the crankshaft and will consist of one pressure pump, and a number of

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