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Subject:Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:00:45 -0700

David should have said:

> 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 *BETWEEN THE MARKS*.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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Jake

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