I think Jerry was hitting one of those elixirs in his signature when he posted that.
LOL, it'll probably make him crankier to just sits and drinks
j/k Jerry, you keep recuperating and we'll see on the road trip. Thanks for the offer btw.
I'm going to open up a can now
Oil filtering.
To be honest I am quite amazed at how well the rod & main bearings were considering theres no oil filtering on this engine. Theres not much muck built up in the bottom of the pan nor coating the sides. My 216 w/a bypass filter looked worse internally except for the bearings which also looked pretty good considering the miles and age. But there was more muck in the pan and deposited internally on the 216....
In both cases It would appear that the oil was kept regularly changed during both engines lifespans.
So why am I considering oil filtration? Cause thats how I was weaned on ICE's I rekon. Both military and civilian training STRESSED good oil filtration and it's stuck.
So I'm considering mod'ing for full flow oil filtration. Deve has a great pictorial writeup for full flow. I added full flow oil filtration to my 72 air cooled 1600DP VW without issue and am leaning towards this on this 235.
Course I could swap the bypass system thats currently on my 216 and probably do it for penny's, so I'm considering that also.
Then ofcourse part deaux I can't just ignor the proof-in-the-pudding so to speak when looking at the good condition of the innards of this 235 which had zero/nada oil filtration (with the exception of the oil mesh screen on the oil pickup).
So lots of food for thought.
So just thinking out loud and ofcourse will welcome others thoughts.
Dave
