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Old 02-26-2019, 03:19 PM   #7
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That's two quarts below full. If just highway driving, I agree. Canyon carving or clover leafs are a different story. I can easily picture it sucking air. Oil will wash back up into the rocker covers around those long sweepers.
Yeah that is one of the downsides to boxers. This is why Porsche uses scavenge pumps to pull the oil out of the heads. Their engines cost a few dollars more though.
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