Keith,
Just my two cents worth, I've found running the dry sump cured any oiling
problems,
Have a good one,
Dave Haller #93 in the now very sunny pacific northwest!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
Cc: land-speed list <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: Oiling problems
> Okay Time for everyone to Beat me up for Not Running an Oil Temp Gage...
>
> To be honest I didn't even consider it until this weekend... Just an added
> expense that didn't tell me anything.... Now I know... and I may just have
> to install one...
>
> Keith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: land-speed list <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 8:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Oiling problems
>
>
> > Keith: This is the same problem I tossed out to the list over a year
ago.
> The
> > consensus was: Go to a dry sump. I did & I no longer have any oil
pressure
> > "swings". What max oil temp are you hitting?
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> > > We had an interesting Problem with the C motor this weekend and I
> think
> > > I have answered what the Problem was.. ( thanks to Dave Dalgren )
> > >
> > > We had Killer Oil Pressure at an Idle... but as the motor got up above
> 6000
> > > rpm it started decreasing to about 45 psi and stayed there....
Basically
> > > Dave thinks that the Oil was Frothing.... and our Most likely Suspect
is
> the
> > > Amount of Oil we had in the Pan. It's a Road Race Pan and the Oil was
> Just
> > > Barely showing on the Dipstick... but It took 8-9 qts to fill it and
we
> knew
> > > that Had to be wrong.... but the dipstick shouldn't Lie.... ( how many
> > > inches below the Pan Rail should it be? )
> > >
> > > We discussed several other options that it could be to include
Breathing
> > > problems and Oil Pan Style/ design.
> > >
> > > Interesting discussion with Dave.... Love to see some thoughts here on
> it.
> > >
> > > Keith ( Who needs Oil Pressure anyway )
> >
> >
>
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