[Land-speed] Dumb Question #4388

[Bryan Savage]

Oil plus air = disaster. Smokey Y. found that if the oil level was about 
3 feet below the crank, the oil was air free, so a dry sump plus a crank 
case vacuum pump will do the job.
If it has to be wet sump, drop the pan as much as possible and put a 
vacuum pump on the crankcase.

Bryan


On 9/25/2011 7:39 AM, Larry Mayfield wrote:
> Ok, time for me to ask another really dumb sh*t question. This one
> concerns crankshafts. I have a crank that I am going o use because the
> one I have is injured. The counter weights are pretty rough so I plan to
> buff them down a bit before having it reground. After doing that I said
> to myself, why not coat it with glyptal, at least on the non journal
> surfaces. Bu, the collective wisdom of the list is great so I though I
> better ask... is there a down side to doing this? Seems to me this would
> help a lot in oil shedding.
>
> Thoughts? Experiences? Other better methods?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> mayf