Date:         Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:05:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Watching Oil Temp
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
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You've got the oil level perfect Mike.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I don't get it. Ian suggested I reduce my oil level to the "fill"
> mark, didn't explain why.
>
> Here I read, as I have read elsewhere, that too much oil is a problem,
> so I know that overfilling is not good for the engine.
>
> Somehow, reading Ian's and Ed's responses I get the feeling that Ian was
> either thinking my engine is overfilled, or saying that lower oil temps
> result if the level is at minimum. This seems to mean that the "full"
> mark on the dipstick is cut higher than it should be for properly cool
> oil temp?
>
> My oil level is presently halfway between the halfway point and the
> "full" point. If I drop the oil level to the "fill" mark will I see
> lower oil temps?
>
> And I have no idea how "phneudraulic" is meant to be spelled. Never seen
> a word quite like that. It's a darn nice word, I think. Pneumatic and
> Hydraulic are the closest I can come up with.
>
> -- RJS
>
> On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 07:19 -0400, ed donnen wrote:
>
> > The problem with too much oil is that it gets beaten into a froth- so it
> > technically becomes a phneudraulic substance.  That means the air in the
> oil
> > makes the oil less efficient than oil alone at cooling.  That is why
> engine
> > manufactures insist on a maximum oil level.
> > JMHO
> > ed- who can't spell pheudralicks, phew-dralic ?
> >
> > > Try this: REDUCE the oil level to the add mark. Then see watch happens.
> >
> > > RJS Uh . . . no. Not without you giving me a hint as to why I should do
> > this, and what I should expect to see.
>



--
Jake

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