<VV> Re: heating the oil

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/05 7:00:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
dryenko@mindspring.com writes:

> keeping the  radiant and convective heat from the
> exhaust pipe/ manifold away from the pushrod tubes, and the oil therein, is
> justified.


Hi Bob,
I couldn't agree with you more. Everything you said is "right on".

But the question wasn't whether keeping the heat away fron the pushrod tubes 
was good, or not. The question had to do with whether painting white paint on 
the pushrod tubes was effective in lowering oil temperatures. That was what I 
was questioning.

Finally , on my race engines , I have seen a measurable oil temperature
reduction by coating the outside of the pushrod tubes with red high
temperature RTV silicone rubber on at least the outer 1/2 of the tubes, as a
insulating medium.

OK, good, here is another data point. But here you used something different. 
Why didn't you use white instead of red paint?  Would white have worked as 
well as red? It seems again, that we're not comparing apples and apples.
Regards,
Bob Helt