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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Keeping the water skiing analogy going, I was once a (somewhat competitive) barefoot water skier. One time I fell doing a stupid trick and ruptured an ear drum. Not fun. I know how the crank must feel……………………<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andrew Uprichard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ptegler<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 03, 2015 3:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Pete Arakelian; 'triumphs@autox.team.net'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] gearbox oil<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>It's the detergents that foam!<br>Hence Castrol HD30wt is a non-detergent oil.<br><br>You avoid over filling the crankcase as you do not want the crank splashing into the oil at high speed.<br>Just like water skiing. falling at 40-50mph on the water is like falling on concrete. At high speeds, the bottom of the crank slapping the top of a pool of oil not only throws oil all over the place, but the impact can indeed break a crank!<br><br>ptegler<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 12/3/2015 2:48 PM, Pete Arakelian wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:blue'>Now, please, correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the reason for using a gear oil that it resists or doesn’t foam? I am not talking viscosity, but foaming when the oil is stirred up by moving components – gears spinning in it. That’s one of the main reasons for not overfilling your engine oil, it will foam, lose pressure and not lubricate properly. Or don’t we care about foaming in a gearbox?</span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:blue'>Peter</span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ptegler@verizon.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ptegler@verizon.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Paul Tegler <a href="mailto:ptegler@verizon.net">ptegler@verizon.net</a> <a href="http://www.teglerizer.com">www.teglerizer.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>