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Subject:Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:56:48 -0700

On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 13:14 -0400, Edward Maglott wrote:

> I'm pretty sure the coolant flows through the heads and that is where it
> picks up most of the engine heat.

Oh -- okay. The only heads I've ever held were from an aircooled. They
had no plumbing for coolant.

So on the waterboxer, where is the oil picking up the extra heat that
shows on the oil temp gauge but not the coolant gauge when the engine is
under demand?

-- RJS

sent from my old aircooled heads