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On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 14:08, vwfye@frontiernet.net wrote: > the vw motor will put almost 3/4 of a quart of oil in the right side > valve cover when over 3000 rpm. some of this oil does not drain back > to the sump. it takes very little residual oil to create the 'plume' > at start up. > If you are putting 3/4 qt of oil into the each valve cover, You have a problem. It is not returning to the crankcase fast enough either. That is 1 1/2 qt's in the top of the engine. That only leaves 1 1/4 qt's for the rest of the engine. Stuff some pipe cleaners into the push rods to slow it down. An old racers trick. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org