[QUOTE="_Ginge"] [QUOTE] The modern day one is nicer... [URL]http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/5_01_for.htm[/URL] Those Aussies eh? [/QUOTE] As some one has pointed out: "Interestingly, the oil pump is driven directly by the crank, *so the oil pump is working whenever the engine is running*". I would have thought that was a basic essential requirement or do these Ausies know something I don't?[/QUOTE]