Re: vaccum pump noise

[cmice@mke.ab.com (Christopher Ice x2136)]

In a previous message,Bruce Bell writes:
>
>It appears to me, and perhaps you can confirm it, that oiling of the vacume
>pump is via splash technology. i.e. what ever splashes in gets in, and
>whatever splashes out does, and the rest just stays around until it gets old
>and sticky. 

Technically, yes.  There is no method to remove any oil which ends up in the
pump.  Perhaps the oil isn't supposed to get that far in?

Chris
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