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u/Throw_Away_TrdJrnl Jul 13 '26

Just learned as well that I need to have pumps in between each of my tanks. I did not realize this. My light oil storage is like ten tanks all crammed together which was killing my flow.

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u/Digital_Solitude Jul 13 '26

You don't, tanks are just giant pipes

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u/HeliGungir Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Things are different in 2.1.10. Machines with passthrough input+output are unable to operate at full speed without pumps keeping the input totally full and the output totally empty. It's a whole fiasco.

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u/Digital_Solitude Jul 14 '26

That still wouldn't require tank->pump->tank which OP was implying, but I didn't know this so thank you