additional oil sumps

topic posted Mon, July 27, 2009 - 8:22 AM by  offlineEsteban 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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I am in the process of completing a top rebuild on my 1600 DP for my 71 bus. I have also added a 3.5 oil sump to allow for more oil to hopefully stay in the crankcase when I'm winding down the freeway or pulling a hill. Has anyone added an oil sump to their air cooled engine and noticed a change in oil temperature?
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    Re: additional oil sumps

    Sun, August 2, 2009 - 6:16 AM
    The most deadly thing for our engines is oil slosh. That's when you're turning a curve or on an incline and the oil moves from one side to the other, starving part of the motor of life sustaining liquid. The sump won't help with that :(

    But I ran a 2.5 sump on my bug and did notice radical temp drops.
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