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spiegazzare
Jun 28, 2002 11:53
21 yrs ago
English term

dump over

English Tech/Engineering industrial
"Warm oil by dumping over relief valve."
An instruction from a troubleshooting document.
Responses
5 +6 pour the oil over the relief valve to warm it [the oil]
2 +2 dump

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jun 28, 2002:
Context Context required; the problem is there is not much context:
It is a chart of three columns:
1st column named PROBLEM reads "Valve spool slow in shifting"
2nd column named PROBABLE CAUSE reads "Too high an oil viscosity"
3rd column named POSSIBLE REMEDY reads "Warm oil by dumping over relief valve."
Yuri Geifman Jun 28, 2002:
why don't you post the entire sentence or paragraph - the way this is worded sounds extremely weird

Responses

+6
14 mins
Selected

pour the oil over the relief valve to warm it [the oil]

dump over = pour over all at once
Peer comment(s):
agree Antonio Costa (X)
30 mins
agree RHELLER
36 mins
agree jerrie
1 hr
agree Chris Rowson (X)
1 hr
agree IgorD
5 hrs
agree AhmedAMS
14 days
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot; you reassured me. I just could not believe that it says what it says; it sounds so strange "to pour oil over a valve" because normally liquids flow through valves..."
+2
18 mins

dump

Although I'm not sure exactly what is meant here without more context (or diagrams!), it looks to me like 'over' is a simple preposition, not part of a phrasal verb. Hence 'relief valve' is an indirect rather than direct object, and 'oil' is the direct object of 'dump'. The shorthand of technical manuals often omits articles and hence can lead to such ambiguities. The full English sentence would, I think, read:

'Warm the oil by dumping it over the relief valve'

That said, it still sounds a bit odd and hard to visualize! Does anyone have any more thoughts?

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Note added at 2002-06-28 12:14:27 (GMT)
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I agree with Marian\'s answer, which appeared while I was typing mine! :o)
Peer comment(s):
agree Chris Rowson (X) : Yes, it is as both you and Marian say, and quite clear if you are used to the shorthand sometimes used in English language instructions.
1 hr
agree AhmedAMS
14 days
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