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Subject:Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
From:Don Hanson
Date:Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:48:56 -0700

Why, yes!  Funny...I'm going to start a second thread here now...

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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