Mike, we're discussing the PUSHROD TUBE covers on the bottom of the engine,
not the ROCKER covers on the sides!  :-)

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:

> At 05:46 PM 9/10/2008, Ken Wilford wrote...
>
>> Some people think you are talking about the rocker arm covers (valve
>> covers most people call them) and are wondering why you would want to
>> drill holes in them.
>>
>
> Try to follow the thread. I have _never_ mentioned drilling anything in
> this thread. I'm wondering why you're putting words in my mouth.
>
>  Unlike an air cooled engine, these covers do NOTHING to cool or warm
>> the engine.
>>
>
> Of course they do. Oil flows through them, and gets cooler because
> they're exposed to the air. I've _already_ said that I don't know how
> important that is on a waterboxer. It's very important on an aircooled.
> But the fact is, they DO cool the oil. Some people add external oil
> coolers, even on water cooled engines, so there must be some importance
> to that.
>

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