[V8] horizontal V8s

[urq]

... funny, I back into my driveway ... but I doubt it really matters ... OK
... the oil may be creeping past the rings of a rear cylinder for which the
piston is down in the bore ... 

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)

-----Original Message-----

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.