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There are two common conditions
when your engine is without its vital fluid. |
The first, as I'm sure you've heard before,
is during the start-up procedure.
When you reach for that ignition your engine oil is sitting in your oil pan, maybe
a little in your oil filter.
But there is none where your engine
needs it the most,
where those metal on metal surfaces are.
So as you turn that key and your engine
starts to spin, your engine has no oil pressure, no supply of oil to those moving
parts.
Until your engine is running and the oil pump is pumping,
it has very little
protection from this kind of metal on metal wear. |
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The second condition when your engine loses oil pressure is during an
extreme condition when the oil pressure surges.
Such as everyday hard braking and
turning on the street (and most certainly on the track), extreme vehicle
angles such as off-road conditions or in marine applications when there happens
to be rough conditions.
These are the same conditions that would spill your coffee out of your coffee cup.
During these times the oil in the pan moves away from the
oil pick-up tube (the tube that the oil pump
sucks the oil out of the oil pan through) and there is a sudden loss
of oil pressure.
Again leaving your engine without that vital lubrication. |
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| We've all seen those 'Super Lubricant', 'As Seen On TV! '
gimmicks that are supposed to protect your engine even with loss of oil pressure
but we all know that nothing is better than always having your oil
right where it should be |
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