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
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