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Originally Posted by patrickt
No, you just redefine "No Leaks" to mean something different. Ford actually did that in the 1960's when it instructed its dealerships to treat small drips from the FE as "commercially acceptable." Personally, I define "bone dry" as three dime-sized drops or less, dropped within a 24 hour period, after a hard run.  |
Yep you could look at it that way. I have a couple 8-71 Detroits and in them I define no leaks as anything that doesn't actually drip. They emit
oil seemingly through solid castings at times. In this case on FE engines I have had a couple leak. Lets call a leak anything that is visible and not necessarily a drip. Back to OD's original statement of %100 leak free. If you qualify the %100 to be of all FE engine ever built, he would be correct. If you say that any FE cannot be made leak free then that is a false statement. Any FE engine that is properly machined and assembled does not leak.