crankcase sump
1sump — /sump/, n. 1. a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected. 2. Mach. a chamber at the bottom of a machine, pump, circulation system, etc., into which a fluid drains before recirculation or in which wastes gather before… …
2Crankcase — For other uses, see Crankcase (disambiguation). De Dion Bouton engine from about 1905, in which can clearly be seen a discrete crankcase with upper and lower halves (each a casting), with the bottom half constituting both part of the main bearing …
3sump — /sʌmp / (say sump) noun 1. a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected. 2. Machinery a container situated at the lowest point in a circulating system, especially the crankcase of an internal combustion engine, which acts… …
4sump — noun Etymology: Middle English sompe swamp more at swamp Date: 1653 1. a pit or reservoir serving as a drain or receptacle for liquids: as a. cesspool b. a pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (as the oil circulating system …
5sump — [[t]sʌmp[/t]] n. 1) bui a pit, basin, cesspool, etc., in which liquid is collected or into which it drains 2) mac a chamber at the bottom of a machine, pump, etc., into which a fluid drains before recirculation or in which wastes gather before… …
6dry sump — A lubrication system in which the engine s supply of oil is not contained in the crankcase (sump) but is pumped to the engine from an external container. This system allows the crankcase to be reduced in size and the engine to be installed lower… …
7Dry sump — A dry sump is a lubricating motor oil management method for four stroke and large two stroke piston internal combustion engines that uses external pumps and a secondary external reservoir for oil, as compared to a conventional wet sump system.… …
8oil sump — A container to hold engine lubrication oil. In a wet sump oil system, all the oil is held in the crankcase. However, in the dry sump lubrication system, the oil is stored in a tank external to the engine. The dry sump system is used to make the… …
9wet sump — wet sump, a type of engine lubrication in which the oil supply is contained within the engine, in the bottom of the crankcase …
10dry sump — An engine lubrication system in which used oil is pumped out of the crankcase as fast as it collects and passed to a tank or a reservoir outside the engine …
