Reply to "Building a faux cam Carrera track car"

David Stroud IM Roadster DOttawa Canada '83 IM Soob

Stan Galat posted:
David,
It's a dry-sump system-- but I think it's got a CB oil pump, which isn't as nice as a Bugpack or AutoCraft.
Regardless, you don't ever check a dry-sump system in the crankcase. It's dry when running, and the only thing you have in it when not running is what bleeds back.
You want to check is in the tank, on level ground, with the engine running and warmed up. The tank is your sump. You carry oil in the tank, not in the engine.

Yes, checking the oil dipstick under the filler cap on the oil tank is what I was taught to do and that is what I do. Everything level and everything running and warmed up. Someone noticed that I do still have the original oil dipstick on the crankcase so me being me, I look at that sometimes too.

Thank you all for your advice and concern. Motor on, eh ?

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