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Old 01-27-09, 09:32 PM
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question on oil pumps
using RE plates... I am building a turbo engine and curious which would be better to use... FC turbo or FD oil pump?

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what about Premix?..(Hi Dave!!!)
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I believe Spooled is talking about the oil pump, not the OMP.
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Originally Posted by misterstyx69
what about Premix?..(Hi Dave!!!)
i believe he is referring to the main oil pump, not the oil metering pump
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yes oil pump as in ENGINE OIL PUMP... I will be premixing

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OK well after some reading it looks like FD and S5 T oil pumps are NOT interchangable... so I guess my question is which oil pump should I use on the RE front plate?
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ok guess I need to use the FD oil pump

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