On Sat, 14 Aug 1999 KTRIUMPH@aol.com wrote:
> The TR3-4 sump is like most I guess, pressed sheet steel. Around the 1" or so
> wide flange where the gasket goes there are little 1/4" or so wide dpressions
> in the steel - for strength I suppose. The engine had leaked pretty bad and
> most of these little depressions were full of old black engine oil. I was a
> bit surprised however to find 2 or 3 were full of what appeared to be clean,
> new oil!
My guess is that the clean ones are where the oil was leaking out (leaked
through, therefore it never got old)
-Malcolm
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