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Subject:Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
From:Neil N
Date:Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:34:31 -0700

Hi Alistair.

Yes! I recall you had those pages. Of late, had looked for them but got the
dreaded 404 "page not found". Not a problem though!

As far as I know, my 15º ABA does not have a windage tray. I installed one
on my pending 50º ABA swap modding it slightly so it can be removed,
installed over the diesel oil pickup tube. Very little material was
removed. I doubt the integrity (structure) is negatively affected.

I'm quite sure switching to synthetic oil has reduced oil consumption at
freeway speeds.

Don: have you noticed any oil in your intake?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

Hey Neil,
>
> I had franks papers on my old shaw hosted website. It’s down now as shaw
> closed that service. Haven’t got around to posting them on my blog.
>
> I put the same windage tray into my I4 westy on Franks recommendation.
> Worked for me, oil light on hard cornering, sealing, etc. Never had any
> consumption issues on that engine (1800 8v digifant) for the 15-16 years I
> ran it. Used Mobil one synthetic back then, all the time.
>
> Alistair
>
> > On Oct 18, 2017, at 3:49 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > I was searching for something else and stumbled upon an archive post from
> > Frank Grunthaner. In part, he wrote about the windage tray. Can't find
> the
> > page now but I'd copied what he wrote.
>

-- 
Neil n

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