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Re: [T3] Oil.... ?


On 10 Aug 2002, at 23:06, Shad Laws wrote:

> Cavitation is when a pump is "sucking" so hard on a liquid that it causes
> the pressure on the suction-side of the pump to go so low that some of the
> liquid vaporizes and makes a few bubbles.

Cavitation happens when the absolute pressure of the working fluid falls 
below the vapor pressure of the fluid. It need only be in very localized spots, 
not necessarily the overall pressure that a gauge would read. Shad is 
probably right that this almost never happens with good oil, but oil diluted 
with gasoline could be a completely different matter.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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