Accusump - pros & cons

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by Jason Shepard

In the unfortunate circumstance that one would loae oil pressure going down track, an accusump COULD save an engine. It might give one a second or two to shut the engine off instead of a 30k+ failure. By no means a bandaid, or cure-all, but in our world, 1-2 seconds means everything

Years ago running a small block Mopar we broke a rod about 7,000 RPM, the rod took out the oil pump.

The accumulator kicked in long enough to keep the engine oiled and saved the crank and the other rods.

So yes they can save parts.