RLS7201 wrote:
And in your definition, you defined ONE valve, which is a check valve. In pumps the valves are inlet & outlet valves, not check valves. Some one on the internet misdefined inlet & outlet valves and it caught on. Would you define the valves in an internal combustion engine as check valves?
Richard
You might want to tell the manufacturer of my pump, Flojet, that they shouldn’t be using a “check valve assembly” in their pumps. Described below the exploded view diagram in their publication here:
http://www.xylemflowcontrol.com/files/R3426_81000-384.pdfNo, valves in an engine are not check valves because they are operated by mechanical means and therefore could be made to flow either direction by modifying the camshaft. Check valves allow only one way flow by their very design because the movement of fluid or air is what actuates the valve.
