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Old 01-31-2011, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by leathermang View Post
LOL, easier to clean up using water... if your valves seat well enough to hold water... he may be using oil for that reason....or he just likes the smell of it..?
The one time I watched, the engine was on a stand and pretty much assembled. He titrated a cylinder with the piston at bottom and rotated the engine so the spark plug hole was the high point. The titration to full gave him the total displacement of the entire volume (including gaskets). I assume he may have had some concerns about rust if he used water.
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