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On 13 Nov 2003 at 12:23, Aaron Clow wrote: > 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? :) Not bad. ;-) > Is this possible? It's exactly the way I would have explained it. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org