<VV> My Happy 4th of July (belated) plus heat issues

[Stephen Upham]

Well, I will probably do that once this last oil change has served  
its purpose - gone 3K miles.  I still have about 2.5K to go.  I used  
dyno because I was within the 5-10K break in period for the sealing  
of the gaskets that I understood was necessary before the switch  
over.  I have bee concerned about some oil leaks that I have seen.  I  
heard that leaks with dyno could turn into torrents with synthetic.   
The leaks coming out one of the small holes in the skid plate and  
what appears to be the opening in the bell housing, could be  
described as very minor (five or six drops after running and then  
sitting for several hours).  After talking to club members, several  
of whom with over twenty years experience in owning and rebuilding  
Corvairs and who helped during the rebuild 5K miles ago, they assured  
me that it is nothing to worry about and happens to just about all  
Corvairs.  They then told me that the major leak issue when changing  
to synthetic is one that older leaking engines have, not new  
rebuilds.  BTW, I used Clark's ultimate gasket kit in the rebuild  
including Vitron in all possible areas.  Therefore, during the next  
oil change, I will be reverting to synthetic.

Stephen
On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:16 AM, FrankCB wrote:

> Stephen,
>      Why not simply use a FULLY synthetic oil and then you won't  
> have to worry about these possible overtemp. effects on your oil????
>      Frank Burkhard
>
> In a message dated 07/05/09 02:40:09 Eastern Daylight Time,  
> contactsmu at sbcglobal.net writes:
> What has given me pause is the oil temps.  They have been going
> to 275 which is just at the limit of my gauge (a converted water
> gauge which goes to 280).  The sensor is located just above the oil
> pan in the triangle on the right side of the block.  That is higher
> than normal as before this summer it was normally in the 240-265
> range.
>
>
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