[911monty]

Hope I can throw something out there. There is the issue of discharging fluid under pressure directly into the area where a pump is taking suction from. This is not desirable due to fluid under pressure impacting surface which creates turbulence and mixing with air that can then be drawn into the suction of the pump causing cavitation. Typically you have a pump discharge into a baffled area where it quiets, de-airs then flows to the suction of the pump. The swirl pots may deaerate by slowing fluid flow before dumping into the sump. Are the 987 type deaeraters? . Either way it may be best to not have the discharge directly into the sump? If you had to I think you would at least want the fluid deaerated by the swirl pots. My 2 cents..