Date:         Wed, 1 Jun 2005 11:28:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Head gasket...oil pressure...oil
Comments: To: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
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The rebuilt 1.9 in my weekender leaks like crazy if filled past halfway
between the two marks on the dipstick. Quits when it gets closer to the
lower mark.  But since I learned from Dennnis Haynes and others on the
list that the top mark isn't "full" but maximum and that the bottom
marks isn't "low" but minimum, I put just a little over 4 qts in at
change time, so the oil level is just above the minimum mark.   It
doesn't leak at all then.  It means I have to check more frequently.   I
think there must be some seal that isn't in place properly as I never
had this with the 1.9 in my 84.

But the most important thing is that it is better for the lubrication of
the engine to keep the oil level closer to the minimum mark rather than
the maximum mark.   Dennis Haynes explained that once again in the last
24 hours.

--
Sam Walters
Baltimore, MD

89 Syncro GL
85 Westy Weekender

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