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					Originally Posted by mylesdw
					
				 I'm guessing that the pressure section of a dry sump pump won't make much of a lift pump to pick oil  up from a sump, they are designed to have the input oil  higher than the pump inlet. What about a dry sump pump with one scavenge stage and plumb the scavenge directly to the pressure stage; maybe with a small reservoir or suitable pressure regulation? | 
	
 That is exactly what I was thinking, along with a question as to if the 
oil filter could be between the scavage and pressure section.  That would keep the filter at the lower pressure, if it didn't hurt flow.