Reply to "Building a faux cam Carrera track car"

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@David Stroud IM Roadster D wrote- "...about a month ago. Oil level was perfect. I checked the dipstick on the motor today before startup and it was about a litre over. No big deal but some smoke on startup too. I checked the oil level in the remote sump when all was warmed up after a 20 km drive and all was correct. I then checked the dipstick in the engine and it was back to normal = full..."

I'm confused, David- I thought that with a dry sump system there was almost no oil in the crankase. Why would you have a full 2½ quarts of oil in the engine- the wet sump would be full? The whole idea of a dry sump system is that there is no appreciable amount of oil in the crankcase area to be whipped around- correct? Doesn't the scavenge stage suck it out into the remote tank as fast as it's pumped in?

4/2/202:03 PM

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