[V8] Raced an R8...and lost/wierdness in Utah

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Fri Mar 14 23:04:57 PDT 2008


Pentosin?

Left side is where all the pentosin lines/pump/bomb/reservoir are...

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> Subject: [V8] Raced an R8...and lost/wierdness in Utah
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> Well, it was my guess that it was either elevation related(Snowbird  
> is 7800 and the car used to drive over Teton pass constantly and it  
> is 10000 and 10%) or load related(those utah people assume 50 is 75  
> and drive accordingly.....some of the fastest rush hour driving I've  
> ever encountered) and just prior to pulling over, I had been 
> doing 70  
> up the 6% pass with a guy in a denali about 5 feet from my rear  
> bumper most of the way.....but the magic question is what seal might  
> have spewed....I asked the tech if the "oil retention valve" 
> could be  
> the culprit, and he said "not right now it's not".....and yes it was  
> engine oil as I had to add 2 quarts to get it to show on the  
> dipstick.  My first assumption was it was tranny oil, as I had just  
> done the flush/filter, but it's clear red now, and it engine oil.  I  
> just got back last night, and might get the chance to change the oil  
> tomorrow and see what I see.  Sincerely Tom 
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