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Old 10-03-2013, 02:53 PM
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Causes of oil starvation:

With the flat bottomed oil pans (WRX) oil can move away from the pickup causing starvation.
Broken oil pickup pipe
Clogged gauze filter in oil pickup
Oil being pulled out of the top of the sump by acceleration/cornering/braking onto the crank, and returning too slowly
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