[Fot] Oil sump baffle

Allen Washatko awashatko at wi.rr.com
Mon May 2 14:28:51 MDT 2016


Tim,
Is this a horizontal crank scraper? If so, I have the same setup on the new oil sump. I'm concerned about loss of oil pressure in corners since there is no vertical baffle.
Allen

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> On May 2, 2016, at 2:43 PM, <timmmurphh at gmail.com> <timmmurphh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We have the larger aluminum oil pan on the TR4.  It takes 8 quarts to fill
> on an oil change.  The baffle has a flange on it that goes between the pan
> and the block.  So we have the pan, a gasket, the baffle flange, another
> gasket and then the block.  Sort or a pain to clean it all up on engine
> rebuilds and reassemble it all, but it works.
> 
> Tim Murphy
> 1961 TR4 #317  BRG
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Fot] Oil sump baffle
> 
> Anyone running a larger capacity aluminum oil sump? Are you using any type
> of baffling and if so, how did you attach it?
> Thanks,
> Allen
> TR6 - #6
> 
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