Date:         Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:11:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: loud fuel pump
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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At 8:41 PM -0700 8/23/99, Karl Wolz wrote:
>Being picky here, but  .  .
>
>Cavitating is what happens when a bearing wears out and a spindle is no
>longer rotating around a single axis.
>
>In other words the pump's spindle is kind of rumbling  around a wallered out
>hole instead of simply spinning.  Really has nothing to do with pumping air;
>it's just not pumping much of anything.

        I ... don't ...think ... so...

        In simplest terms, cavitation is the process in which a liquid changes
        to a vapor due to a reduction in pressure. This can occur in a pump
        downstream of a below-design restriction in flow.

>My apologies for the poor description.

        Try again, perhaps we'll all understand what you're trying to say
        if you say it again differently.


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