Cleaned the batwing
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Cleaned the batwing
Hey all,
After reading Circa307's post about cleaning the bottom portion of his pan, I thought excellent idea. Of course he blowed up his motor, so a no brainer there.
Being in the middle of a head cam everything else project, I figured why not remove the bottom and have a look. Who knows how well previous owners maintained the oil?
So took it off. Not bad, but certainly worthy of a cleaning. Even in normal use on a well maintained engine, there will be dirt etc that just isn't going to come out when you drain the oil. See how intricate all the baffling is below.
Anyway, clean as a whistle now! And the gasket is for sure reuseable. This is a cool design.
Pan Bottom:
Engine side of pan:
And yes, there was something in the pickup screen. Seemed to be maybe gasket material. Gone now!
Ron
After reading Circa307's post about cleaning the bottom portion of his pan, I thought excellent idea. Of course he blowed up his motor, so a no brainer there.
Being in the middle of a head cam everything else project, I figured why not remove the bottom and have a look. Who knows how well previous owners maintained the oil?
So took it off. Not bad, but certainly worthy of a cleaning. Even in normal use on a well maintained engine, there will be dirt etc that just isn't going to come out when you drain the oil. See how intricate all the baffling is below.
Anyway, clean as a whistle now! And the gasket is for sure reuseable. This is a cool design.
Pan Bottom:
Engine side of pan:
And yes, there was something in the pickup screen. Seemed to be maybe gasket material. Gone now!
Ron
