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Old 05-27-2006, 10:24 PM   #17
MNBoxster
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Originally Posted by Brucelee
I guess I would be less concerned about a slight overfill on a dry sump car. Seems to me these guys MUST have thought about this and designed a drain off in the oil tank to deal with this (how hard could that be?).

Now, where the car has an oil pan, I can see all kinds of issues when the oil is over the top.

Am I off base here??

Oh, and I still want my dipstick and a place for my oil evacuator.

Hi,

Yes, but remember, this is a quasi-dry sump system, it does in fact have a sump pan. In addition to increased drag on the Crank, an overfill situation can lead to the troubles I mentioned earlier...

Happy Mototoring!... Jim'99
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