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and excess engine heat. Did you know oil helps with cooling in an air cooled engine? It does, so make sure your oil is good and not 90% sludge and unable to flow well.
Oil is heated up at the top of the engine, then drops to the sump where it cools a bit and repeat. If you have sludge (old, thickened, dirty oil with tons of dirt suspended in it), it’s like stirring pudding when the dipper on the con-rod passes through it. You’ll likely spin the con-rod bearing not long after unless you can thin that oil from engine heat.
and excess engine heat. Did you know oil helps with cooling in an air cooled engine? It does, so make sure your oil is good and not 90% sludge and unable to flow well.Oil is heated up at the top of the engine, then drops to the sump where it cools a bit and repeat. If you have sludge (old, thickened, dirty oil with tons of dirt suspended in it), it’s like stirring pudding when the dipper on the con-rod passes through it. You’ll likely spin the con-rod bearing not long after unless you can thin that oil from engine heat.