In a message dated 97-09-30 11:06:12 EDT, GROSS(at)UNIT.COM writes:
>
>There is a one way valve in the timing feed, that is supposed to keep
>all the gallery oil from leaking down into the sump.
>The one way valve doesnt work as a one way valve, but rather
>the return spring pushes against the check ball supposedly at
>a higher pressure than the head of the oil in the galley.
>
>If the ball, or brass seat is corroded, or dirty, the ball will not
>seat, and you lose all your oil as the motor sits.
>
>
On the faulty ones I've taken apart, the return spring had stretched far
enough to allow the ball to slip inside it.
Dick Sanders
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