Hi Hal,
When I rebuilt my engine a few years ago, I
welded a baffle plate across the sump well to keep the oil from slodshing out
and to keep the pump submerged in the oil during hard cornering. It appears to
work very well because I've never had any problems using that
arrangement.
Regards,
Paul Dransfield
3 litre Volvo
-----Original Message-----
From: Meggsief@... [mailto:Meggsief@...]
Sent: November 22, 2004 12:08 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] oil panHey all,Ever notice when you drive hard through a corner the racket the pistons make? Is there an oil pan or gravity based pump that is available for the 1600 cortina engines. Have any of you guys ran into this if so how did you cure it besides over filling the oil. On a litter note.... I got into a bit of a race through some hairy corners with an old sedan Alfa. I killed him in the corners but his horse power kept closing up my lead, then of all things my throttle stuck wide open. The beautiful thing about an old car is that when you turn off the ignition you can still steer and brake. So I started the car up in 2nd quickly into 4th hit 65mph turn off car. Repeat sequnce all the way back home. Traffic lights and stop sighns were tricky though. All in all now that its back in my garage a funny experience!Hal5353