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Re: Plume of Smoke (was: [T3] Various Questions)


--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> The oil level in our engines is still well below the
> bottom of the cylinders.

That was my first thought -- that it would only leak
through if the oil level was above the height of the
bottom of the cylinders, but I suppose that with the
oil splashing around inside the case, there's a good
possibility that unless the car is totally level, some
oil could "rest" on the bottom of the cylinder wall or
drip down off the inside of the piston and onto the
cylinders as the car sits, and seep through the rings
(especially if the oil is hot) and get blown off when
you start the engine again?

How's that for a run-on sentence? :)

Is this possible?

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Aaron Clow - http://www.tiserves.com/VW/
'71 FI AT Square - On the Road
'71 FI AT Fasty - Off the Road
'71 AT Square - the Parts Bin

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