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oil trap: what is it for? 200

posted by  Don Foster on  Mon Feb 17 22:26 CST 2003
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The oil separator (aka "breather box") allows the escaping crankcase vapors to slow so that the microscopic oil droplets can coalesce into larger drops. These largers oil drops drip back into the sump.
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New oil trap: what is it for? [200]
posted by  Vin  on Mon Feb 17 16:37 CST 2003 >


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