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Date:         Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:34:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <C17480CF-3E64-4BF1-A8A1-1F8FE1968AF3@shaw.ca>
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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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