If your talking about the two groves about 1.5" below the un-machined portion of the housing, no! The bottom one is obviously for a little oil to get to the shaft and I always thought that the next one up acted like a break or kind of like a trap so oil wouldn't wick up through the boss in the block by capillary action.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL


Denny G
Sandwich, IL