A scavenging centrifugal baffle pump includes a main pump including a pump housing, a gear external to the pump housing coupled to the main pump, a baffle connected to the main pump housing defining an interior volume, the gear at least partially located in the interior volume, a reservoir defined in the interior volume of the baffle, an inlet defined in the baffle adjacent to the reservoir, an opening defined in the baffle, wherein the opening exposes a portion of the gear, and an elongate passage defined by the baffle including an outlet, wherein the elongate passage connects the interior volume of the baffle with the outlet.
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