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An oil system for a gas turbine engine including a supply circuit having a main pump supplied from a reservoir tank and discharging in bearing sumps of the engine, a scavenge circuit having a plurality of scavenge pumps supplied from the sumps of the engine and discharging back to the reservoir tank, and a distributing valve in the supply and the scavenge circuits operative when main pump discharge pressure is below a threshold pressure characteristic of main pump interruption to connect the scavenge pump discharge to the supply circuit so that residence oil in the supply circuit is recirculated to maintain bearing lubrication after main pump interruption.
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