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Subject:Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:04:16 -0700

On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 13:28 -0400, David Beierl wrote:

> Dennis Haynes has determined experimentally that a major cause of
> high oil temp in the WBX engine is frothing, which has led to his
> recommendation to fill only halfway to the mark.

Interesting. I know about frothing, didn't know it was likely if the oil
were between the marks. So Ian might have been onto something when he
said to run the oil at the bottom mark and see what happens.

-- RJS