[V8] horizontal V8s

[d saad]

You are correct sir.

Dave

> Hmm.  I believe the
car was pointing rear down, no?  Garage at top,
> right? Yeah, 45
degrees is very steep.  Part of mine is at about 40
> degrees, but
I try to keep mine at less than 20 degrees ;-)  But mine
> is
facing down.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> On Jun 19,
2007, at 1:41 AM, urq wrote:
> 
>> 45 degrees is pretty
steep ... and your engine is probably pretty well
>> topped up
on oil ... I suspect that the oil tipped up far enough to
>>
creep
>> past the rings in the front cylinder(s) which burned
off when you
>> started
>> the engine.
>>
>> I own a horizontally mounted I4 engine in my
motorcycle (BMW
>> k1) ... the
>> BMWs are well
known to blow a blue smoke screen when left on the
>> side
stand
>> and oil works up into the cylinder(s).  I usually use
the center
>> stand,
>> which holds the engine flat,
but there has been more than once that
>> I've
>>
experienced the blue cloud after having leaned the engine over head-
>> side
>> down by using the side stand.
>>
>> Hey, maybe your engine just wants to reminisce
about the marque's
>> history
>> ... the old Auto
Union 2-strokes were known to burn a bit of
>> oil ... :-)
>>
>> Steve B
>> San Jose, CA (USA)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> the heads are brand new! I have about 1000 miles on
>> a full valve job with new guides and seals - and new rings.
>> I thought
>> about that short/cold cycle thing - but
why then don't other motors do
>> that?
>> Do the
16V 4-banger motors which use basically the same head do
>>
this?
>>
>> My driveway is very steep - maybe in the
45 degree range.
>> I suspect oil gets into the breather system
somehow - there simply
>> was not
>> enough time
even with old hard valve seals for this to leak down that
>>
much. Maybe due to the shear volume of oil and the relative shortness
>> (height) of the block? Tip it back far enough and those ten
quarts
>> have to
>> go somewhere. That is all I can
come up with.
>>
>>
>>
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