On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Easton Trevor wrote: > > Be sure only to keep oil above the add mark and not above the full mark. > More oil is better only until the crank starts to splash in the pan and > whisk it into a foam which neither lubricates or cools very well. That's true in normal, modern engines, but part of the lubrication in air cooled VW engines is intended to be via splash. Formula V racers (who use type I engines) usually race with the oil level a little above the "full" mark. ******************************************************************************* Dirk Wright wright@uspto.gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
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