[SEL] Sattley manual/Now PURE BS!

[Dave Rotigel]

At 08:57 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote:
>>The drip rate on a loaded engine would have to be increased to compensate 
>>for the blow by drying the piston.
>Increased thermal evaporation of oil, too. Piston ring land and skirt 
>temperatures in a loaded engine can easily get up into the range where oil 
>is "smoking," and much of the cylinder wall that the rings travel over is 
>directly exposed to the hot combustion gas for a good part of the power stroke.
>John Culp

GREAT point John! I'm sure the builders of our old engines took that into 
account when determining how many drips per minute were necessary.
         Dave