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Windage Tray

Excellent. Thanks for the input on that. Sounds like a good investment 
to me while I am replacing the pan.

Chris

On Thursday, October 27, 2005, at 10:32 AM, calimus@techography.net 
wrote:

> The windage tray doesn't actually keep the oil from sloshing around, 
> what
> is does is keep the oil from splashing up on the crank shaft.  Oil 
> hitting
> the crank while corning puts extra drag on the crank which slows the 
> motor
> down a bit.  This also causes the crank to "whip" the oil and beat air
> into it which isn't all that good either.
>
> I have one on my wifes cabby and I have one that I'll be putting on my
> rocco over the winter.  A strong advantage of the windage tray is that 
> you
> will no longer need those damn corke oil pan gaskets as the tray acts 
> as a
> re-usable rubber gasket.
>
> All in all, I'd say no more cork gaskets is worth $45.
>
> William S.
>
> 88' 16v
>
>>
>> Need to replace the oil pan on the car. Was looking at this windage
>> tray on part4vws. Anyone have any input as to whether it's worth the
>> money or not? Looks like it keeps the oil from sloshing around in the
>> pan. Any input is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>>
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