Is this normal?

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(02-05-2021 )Chamberpains Wrote:  It seems to me that opening up that pump every 100-200k miles for inspection would be just asking for something unforeseen to go wrong. Me personally I would open it up only with the full intentions of replacing everything.

I agree, this system is to sensitive to dirt/contaminates. It's fed by a 4 micron filter so it wouldn't take much to cause harm somewhere in the system. I feel the same way about the guys who do an overhead 4 times a year, personally I don't think it's a good idea to introduce any amount of dirt,paint chips,pieces of old wire loom,etc. into the engine unless it's at a known service interval.