Quote:
Originally Posted by ngl
I might be wrong, but I think I read somewhere when I was doing research that if it fails it remains open, so it should still rather work, but just as a sump directly plumbed in the engine.
So it would discharge if the engine pressure is less then accusump pressure, which it can lead to oil overfill, but still a better scenario than oil starvation.
|
The Canton valves are asymmetric. They are normally closed in the discharge direction and always open in the fill direction (but with a very small flow rate). A failed solenoid would just keep it closed on discharge.
(Source: I used an accusump as an oil surge tank on my MR2 and experimented a lot with several different valves).