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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Rate of flow of oil from tank to pump
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<blockquote data-quote="edward" data-source="post: 33426" data-attributes="member: 1628"><p>Have just rebuilt my Norvin which has an oil supply in rear section of petrol tank. I needed to remove the tank to do some work which necessitated draining the oil cold (20/50 multigrade). The rate seemed very slow so I measured it and it took 18 minutes to drain one litre of oil. This was through a 1/4 inch opening in the standard Norton gauze oil filter. I checked it again with the original (Norton) gauze filter which was previously on the bike and has a 5/16 inch opening. With the larger opening it took 6 minutes to drain one litre of oil. Obviously the viscosity decreases as the oil heats up but as attested to by many people this takes a long time. Our local technical guru has calculated that the pump moves a little over a gallon per hour per 1,000 revs but we don't know how much (if any) suction is produced which is pulling the oil from the tank at a greater rate. If I'm relying on gravity alone then it might be excellent at pulling apples off trees but not for feeding the Vincent pump. Any suggestions, ideas, comments? I have opened the new filter to 5/16 and will use this with fingers crossed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edward, post: 33426, member: 1628"] Have just rebuilt my Norvin which has an oil supply in rear section of petrol tank. I needed to remove the tank to do some work which necessitated draining the oil cold (20/50 multigrade). The rate seemed very slow so I measured it and it took 18 minutes to drain one litre of oil. This was through a 1/4 inch opening in the standard Norton gauze oil filter. I checked it again with the original (Norton) gauze filter which was previously on the bike and has a 5/16 inch opening. With the larger opening it took 6 minutes to drain one litre of oil. Obviously the viscosity decreases as the oil heats up but as attested to by many people this takes a long time. Our local technical guru has calculated that the pump moves a little over a gallon per hour per 1,000 revs but we don't know how much (if any) suction is produced which is pulling the oil from the tank at a greater rate. If I'm relying on gravity alone then it might be excellent at pulling apples off trees but not for feeding the Vincent pump. Any suggestions, ideas, comments? I have opened the new filter to 5/16 and will use this with fingers crossed. [/QUOTE]
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