Oil pump pickup

[GlastonburyVit]

Has anyone seen an oil pump pick-up that has a square cross section?  Just had my sump off and was expecting to see one with a cylindrical cross section.  Just asking out of curiosity as I've not seen one like it.

Cheers

[Nick Jones]

I think most of the older ones are like that......

Nick

[JohnD]

There are three types, I've seen:
1/ pump with a cast iron base that incorporates a tubular pick-up, going straight down.
2/ Pump with a cast alloy base that incorporates a rectangular pick-up, going towrards the opposite side, so that it sits in the middle of the sump.  The end has a pwerforated metal plate clipped to it, as coarse filter
3/ Pump with cast base, that has a threaded tube fixed into it, at an angle as in 2/, with a mesh hemisphere filter on the end .

But I don't know if these are all originally from Vitesse/GT6 engines, of if some come from 2500 engines.

John

[GlastonburyVit]

Thanks guys, number 2 in JohnD's reply sounds exactly like the one I have.  You live and learn!

Dave

[JohnD]

Haven't been congratulated for No.2s since I were a little lad.