bob hughes
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Hi Guys
Last year I rebuilt the engine on my BJ7, part of the rebuild involved replacing the sump with a Dennis Welch aluminium sump.
When it came to putting the slippery stuff into the engine I noticed that the dip stick was showing oil up to the mark after only 8 imperial pints.
After phoning DW to enquire about this I was told that I would have to cut the bottom off the dip stick to clear the sump, and that was about it.
This is a nonsense as the dip stick clearly clears the bottom of the sump.
My local Healey chap said that if I was worried about it, just put in the other 4 as racing Healeys often had up to 18 pints in at the start of a race.
Ultimately I put the full charge of 12 Imp pints in, but wonder if this is really necessary, as in my mind the crankshaft could now be stirring the oil.
Have any of you guys who have these sumps noticed the phenomena and how much oil do you put in? Would putting in only 8 cause a problem?
Bob
Last year I rebuilt the engine on my BJ7, part of the rebuild involved replacing the sump with a Dennis Welch aluminium sump.
When it came to putting the slippery stuff into the engine I noticed that the dip stick was showing oil up to the mark after only 8 imperial pints.
After phoning DW to enquire about this I was told that I would have to cut the bottom off the dip stick to clear the sump, and that was about it.
This is a nonsense as the dip stick clearly clears the bottom of the sump.
My local Healey chap said that if I was worried about it, just put in the other 4 as racing Healeys often had up to 18 pints in at the start of a race.
Ultimately I put the full charge of 12 Imp pints in, but wonder if this is really necessary, as in my mind the crankshaft could now be stirring the oil.
Have any of you guys who have these sumps noticed the phenomena and how much oil do you put in? Would putting in only 8 cause a problem?
Bob