vertical climbing

Post by **..lee..** » 25 Nov 2007, 00:58

seeing some of the videos posted on you tube it`s pretty obvious our syncro`s are good off road and the climbs and decents are very steep, i`m keen to put mine to the test but i`m concerned with the fact that at those angles you could be getting oil surge from the sump.

are these vans moddified or can a std syncro deal with these types of angles and if so how.
are the sumps baffled specially or owt.

lee,

Post by **Hacksawbob** » 25 Nov 2007, 09:42

sumps on the petrol engines are standard I havn't had an oil light come on when asc/desc, although I've not gone to extremes with it. The gearbox has a check valve to prevent the front output shaft and bearings from running dry.

Post by **andysimpson** » 25 Nov 2007, 12:13

Oil pressure on td's surges badly

Post by **..lee..** » 25 Nov 2007, 16:26

does anybody moddify the sumps on the diesels, my mate mods the wet sumps on the rallycars and that works well.

surely oil surge is a worry but i guess nobodys lost an engine as a result of it yet.

would be nice to mod the diesel sump as i build it. its done then and i won`t have to drop it again once its in .

lee.

Post by **andysimpson** » 25 Nov 2007, 17:09

..lee.. wrote:does anybody moddify the sumps on the diesels, my mate mods the wet sumps on the rallycars and that works well.

surely oil surge is a worry but i guess nobodys lost an engine as a result of it yet.

would be nice to mod the diesel sump as i build it. its done then and i won`t have to drop it again once its in .

lee.

VW tried but were not succesful, i fitted an acumalator to mine which sorts it out.

Post by **..lee..** » 25 Nov 2007, 21:02

thanks andy, probally a lot less hassle than trying to mod the sump anyway