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#58515 03/30/2006 5:58 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 297 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 297 | you are correct about the oiling system. i am definitely not a mechanic but i can tell you that the 235 from 54 up had insert main bearings where the 216 had "babbit" filled bearings - babbit bearings were kind of like a hard lead material that was "poured" in. as you said, i think all the 216 engines got there oil by "splasing" where as the inserted 235 get their oil from a pressure system (oil pump). i believe the 216's can be changed to insert bearings. I can't speak to reliability but there appears to be a lot of them (216) still running!
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