Avaid oil pan connections

[lovehamr]

Originally Posted by dlotz

So I should have 2 oil dip sticks?

No, he means that if you are running the Aviad pan you canNOT run the dipstick in the block as it would dirrect the dipstick into the Aviad's baffles. This means that the block hole would have to be sealed.

Steve

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by lovehamr

No, he means that if you are running the Aviad pan you canNOT run the dipstick in the block as it would dirrect the dipstick into the Aviad's baffles. This means that the block hole would have to be sealed. Steve

And its fun when you figure out that you need to seal that hole after all your machine work is done, the engine is painted and ready for final assembly. So what we did was turn the block on the engine stand so that the hole was facing the floor and slowly ran a tap into the hole, being sure all the tailings came out onto the floor. We then used an allen-head threaded pipe plug to seal it off.

[dlotz]

Originally Posted by lovehamr

No, he means that if you are running the Aviad pan you canNOT run the dipstick in the block as it would dirrect the dipstick into the Aviad's baffles. This means that the block hole would have to be sealed.

Steve

OH CRAP!!!!!

The engine is assembled, painted, went to dyno, and has a dip stick tube in the block.

Oh this will be fun.

I wonder if I can leave that tube in and just cap it off at the top?