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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde
Thanks Dave for your experiment. So you found a tad over 1/2 quart of residual oil in contrast to the popular belief that there is 1 quart of residual oil in the engine.
Things that may affect your experimental finding:
>When you took / take the engine apart, are there any holes in the dipper troughs in the oil pan tray?
>Leakage of oil from the valve chamber via worn oil pump bushings / shaft, and excessive main and camshaft bearing clearances.
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Bob you make a good point. However I won't be pulling the pan on the engine as it is coming out for other non engine related maintenance along with putting a higher compression head on it.
Engine was completely rebuilt 5000 miles ago by Herm Kohnke so I'm pretty sure that excessive wear isn't a factor on this one.