Originally Posted by olds48
Originally Posted by doorracer
Originally Posted by olds48
What "triggers" that accumalator exactly?I understand the principle of it,but have never had first hand dealings with the workings of one.
Low oil pressure. The oil in the accumulator is is pressurized to the pressure your oil system has, when it drops the accumulator pushes oil into the system until the pump catches up.
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So there is no low oil pressure switch/solenoid that opens a valve?It's just the higher pressure that pushes it out of the accumulator?
It has compressed air and a spring I believe. OIL psi over rides the spring and fills the acumulator and when oil preasure gets low enough the cylinder in the accumulator pushes oil into the system. not sure if there is a spring or just air...
I could be wrong but that was how I thought it worked.