6-cyl folks - oil line check valve |
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6-cyl folks - oil line check valve |
Optimusglen |
Jul 24 2021, 09:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 912 Joined: 26-February 16 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 19,709 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I'm in the process of installing my 6 and have come to the oil lines. My entire setup is planned as AN-12, and I see options for AN12 one-way check valves from a number of retailers.
One example: https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/150024/1000...KEaAnyVEALw_wcB I have seen the threads on here and on Pelican about the Rothsport valve, but the price and the lack of AN fittings have drawn me away from it. Is there some other reason that someone should fork out 300 for the Rothsport unit? |
jd74914 |
Jul 26 2021, 09:36 AM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,782 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
Not a /6 guy, so giving my unsolicited opinion here, but as someone who has spent my entire adult life designing fluid systems, there is no way I would ever put a check valve (or anything really) between the tank and pump inlet. I know people say this is 100% failure proof, but in my experience that just means no one has had a failure yet. While smoking on startup isn't too cool, oil starving an engine is worse.
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mepstein |
Jul 26 2021, 09:40 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,314 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Not a /6 guy, so giving my unsolicited opinion here, but as someone who has spent my entire adult life designing fluid systems, there is no way I would ever put a check valve (or anything really) between the tank and pump inlet. I know people say this is 100% failure proof, but in my experience that just means no one has had a failure yet. While smoking on startup isn't too cool, oil starving an engine is worse. The Porsche engineers disagree with you. They use it on the GT3 and Rothsport is no slouch when it comes to Porsche engine building. |
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