In a message dated 96-06-10 02:22:57 EDT, jwakefield@4dmg.net (john
wakefield) writes:

>2) The oil's contact surfaces are intimately related to the heat
>producing processes within the motor.  Water based coolant is a better
>conductor, but comparitively insulated from the heat producing motor
>processes.

The water in the wasserboxer engine is NOT "comparitively insulated from the
heat producing motor processes".  Most of the heat in the engine is produced
at the combustion chambers and in a wasserboxer these chambers are surrounded
by coolant.  The oil that carry's heat away from the bearing surfaces may get
hotter than the coolant, but most of the HEAT is carried away directly by
coolant.

Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg