<VV> Click/clack wtf oil level.

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:03 PM 8/31/2007, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
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>In a message dated 8/31/2007 8:35:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>corvairduval at cox.net writes:
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>So what  is better for the health of the occupants, some fumes comming
>out the  dipstick, or fumes from all that oil evaporating off the turkey
>roaster?
>
>Frank DuVal
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>
>
>A great choice there Frank!! suffocate or asphyxiate. Not to mention of
>course a curse on the Corvair's reputation.



Or, do as I did.    Snap that bottom inch anna half of dipstick tube 
off, and then use a good seal on the dipstick.   No worries, no oil 
on the shroud, no fumes, no problems.

Besides, with the uninitiated soul driving the 'Vair with the 
partially clogged crankcase vent, the tube extending down into the 
oil would allow crankcase pressure to blow oil out the tube in any 
event when the engine got lugged hard, and cause the oil level to 
drop as the oil is ejected from the dipstick tube, eventually getting 
low enough to allow crankcase fumes to blow past the dipstick anyway; 
the lesser of two evils is thus selected.   At least oil remains in 
the engine instead of blowing out the tube and gets sucked into the 
shroud where it steams off the hot engine and is sucked into the 
defrost which gums up the windshield.

...the oil does have the tendency to keep the windshield from fogging 
since water vapor doesn't stick well to the oil film unless it 
emulsifies into milk...  which calls for some serious wiping while 
weaving back and forth between the lanes.


Ahh, memories...



tony..