wet sump
1wet sump — wet sump, a type of engine lubrication in which the oil supply is contained within the engine, in the bottom of the crankcase …
2Wet sump — A wet sump is a lubricating oil management design for four stroke piston internal combustion engines which uses a built in reservoir for oil, as opposed to an external or secondary reservoir used in a dry sump design.Four stroke engines are… …
3wet-sump engine — An aircraft engine in which the engine oil is carried in a sump that forms an integral part of the engine. The illustration shows a wet sump lubrication system. If this system forms an integral part of the engine, it will be called wet sump… …
4wet sump lubrication — The usual engine lubrication system in which the oil is carried in a pan below the crankshaft. Such a system relies on gravity draining the circulated oil and needs no return pump …
5sump lubrication — See dry sump lubrication wet sump lubrication …
6sump — [sʌmp] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: sump swamp (15 20 centuries), from Middle Dutch somp or Middle Low German sump wet ground ] 1.) the lowest part of a ↑drainage system, where liquids or wastes remain 2.) BrE the part of an engine that contains… …
7sump pump — a pump for removing liquid or wastes from a sump. [1895 1900] * * * ▪ technology device that removes accumulations of water or other liquids from a sump pit, the lowest point in a drainage system. If the sump pit is wet only intermittently… …
8Dry 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.… …
9dry sump (lubrication) system — An engine lubrication system in which the lubricating oil is carried in an external tank and not internally in a sump. The sump is kept relatively free from oil by scavenging pumps, which return the oil to the tank after cooling. The opposite of… …
10oil 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… …
