<VV> Oil Temps Re: Transvair installation

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Seth,
 
I HOPE you were using a fully synthetic oil !!!  Conventional oil  won't 
last long at such high temps. 
 
Frank Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 8/10/2011 10:25:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Sethracer at aol.com writes:

The  first trip I took with this combo - It was a 110HP P/G - was to the   
1975 Corsa Convention in Seattle. We drove up Interstate 5 through  
Redding,  
CA  (115 degrees) staying the first night in Medford,  OR. I checked the 
oil  
in Medford and added a quart. I looked at the  filter installation and 
noticed  that the Nylon washers were gone.  About six inches below them, 
two little 
puddles of yellow had hardened up.  That Nylon melts at about 325 degrees 
or so -  I wonder how hot my  oil got during those climbs on Interstate 5. 
Ouch!



Seth  Emerson