YES! Stop what you're doing!
Use a grinder and take off the plates that are welded into the oil pan. When
they are off, you'll see all the gritty stuff caked behind where they were.
I did that AFTER having my oil pan hot tanked (twice) when I rebuilt the
engine in the Spirit, and still ended up
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Good luck,
Stefan
-Original Message-
From: Marc Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:48 AM
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Subject: Re: SD worn in oil pickup
YES! Stop
In a message dated 8/3/2005 12:37:18 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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He doesn't have that. Only the 2.5 common block cars got that.
I would strongly suggest a crank scraper and/or windage tray be
installed along with some sort of baffling in the oil pan. Some simple
in.
The crank scraper frees up some HP, reduces oil foaming and increases
the oil's longevity. Sounds like a great deal to me
Stefan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:09 PM
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Subject: Re: SD worn
In a message dated 8/3/2005 6:25:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I guess the point is, that unless you are just driving it slowly like
the rest of the slobs on the road, then don't bother. If you're out
there enjoying some corner carving, then put them in.
