[Fot] Accusump

[Scott Janzen]

I just sent mine back to them - it's at least 15 years old - and they  
rebuilt it for $35, plus $7 for a new gauge because the glass was  
cracked.  Turned it around in 3 days, too!  I don't know how they make  
money on this, but what a great service.

On Apr 19, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Spitfire Racing wrote:

I sent mine in and had it "redone" by the factory a few years ago.  
Worked
out great and far less expensive than a new one.
Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Andre Rousseau
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:53 AM
To: Bobby Whitehead
Cc: FoT Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] shiny bits and pieces in the oil canister

Yeah the Accusump does come apart, but I wonder if its better to
replace it or have to cleaned by the manufacture?

Good luck.

A.

On 18 April 2011 09:57, Bobby Whitehead <igofaster at att.net> wrote:
> I ran Hallett last week with CVAR and was finally rewarded with  
> placing 13
> starting position, with Herb Hilton on my right and P.D. Sohn on my  
> left.
These
> guys are both very good drivers with very well prepared cars. I  
> thought
for
a
> moment the skies opened up and I saw little angels. I highlight of my
brief
> racing career.
>
> Later in the session (I finished 15th out of 29) that little red  
> lamp on
the
> dash started flickering. It was the cool down lap so I did my best  
> to just
coast
> into my garage space.
> Low oil pressure and higher oil temperature seemed to be the way the  
> car
was
> running. It was the first time I've used multi-viscosity oil and I  
> think
THAT
> was a mistake to start off with.
> I have a Canton external oil filter and after draining the oil with  
> bits
and
> pieces on the drain plug, the oil canister revealed shiny bits and  
> pieces
in
the
> canister.
>
> Yesterday was the initial 'get the engine out of the car' mode.  
> Today is
the
> transmission and I should have the engine out.
> I saw some discussion about this a few weeks back about the Accusump  
> and
oil
> cooler and what the process is of removing the particles from these.  
> Can
someone
> remind me or is there a way to research this in the FoT thread of  
> past?
> The GT6 holds about 8 quarts of oil in all my oil lines, filter, and
Accusump.
> I've got a race at Eagles Canyon in May I've got my sites on.
>
> FoT Forever!
>
> Bobby Whitehead
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