Good Question: Why did Porsche..

[Brad Roberts]

I was all excited when my email "dinged"..


The canister version on the right helps to get the air out of the oil before it returns to the oil pickup area.

The one on the left would help promote getting the oil back to the pickup sooner, but it would have more air in it.

What did they learn? Why did they only use this method on the 987's?



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[Brad Roberts]

Sad..

I just noticed all the GT3 shims on my desk in that picture.

I'll do a better job of cropping my pics



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[healthservices]

Originally Posted by Brad Roberts

Sad..

I just noticed all the GT3 shims on my desk in that picture.

I'll do a better job of cropping my pics



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At least you don't have a box of tissues and a reflection of something indecent on your monitor...

[Brad Roberts]

That is a good point

Floating around on the web somewhere is a picture of a naked guy reflection. he was taking a picture of his couch for eBay.

I personally have not seen it..


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[jaykay]

Well I purposely kept the old style in my sump, as I had heard of Cayman guys retro fitting the older style swirl pots to reduce foaming. Had holes put in my windage tray.

Sounds like change had something to do with engine placement. Perhaps oil return speed in the mid engine location was found to be dominant/more important than taking time to defoam. Perhaps foaming was found to be a predominantly rear engine problem .....something to do with the dynamics of the car

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by Brad Roberts

I was all excited when my email "dinged"..


The canister version on the right helps to get the air out of the oil before it returns to the oil pickup area.

The one on the left would help promote getting the oil back to the pickup sooner, but it would have more air in it.

What did they learn? Why did they only use this method on the 987's?



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To prevent oil starvation?

[Brad Roberts]

That is my best guess, but why would they not use the same part in the 3.8X51 engines? Both have the same oil pumps, or the 3.6?



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