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Because the Oil Cooler was completely blocked somewhere up inside. And I mean BLOCKED!- Constipated! With no X-Lax.

So, I ask you Gentle Reader, if the Oil Cooler was completely blocked so that no oil could get through it, how long would an engine survive???

If the Maestro had to guess he'd say about 20,000 miles.

So, how did it survive that long with a completely blocked oil cooler through which no oil would flow???

Think about it. Look at the oiling diagram. If the Oil Cooler is blocked, the oil pressure builds up enough to push down the Oil Bypass plunger in the Third Piece of the Case, the first thing in line from the Oil Pump outlet.

This diverts oil directly to the Main Bearings, which feeds the Rods, and the Cam and the Cam Followers and then the Rockers so at least they get oil.

But the oil doesn't ever get to the oil cooler! So it doesn't get cooled. So, guess what- the engine overheats! Especially going up The Hill!

Amazingly, the engine made it the 500 miles from the South East Land to the Maestro's- but of course it was in February and cool, which helped immensely.

Somehow, going over the Mountains outside of LA on a hot day in July might not be such an easy trip.

The Maestro was Absolutely Amazed! For inside the Oil Cooler are several cooling "blades", each divide up into separate passageways. So, how do you block ALL THOSE PASSAGEWAYS!

The only thing the Maestro could think of was that some worker had soldered a blocking dam at the top of the Oil Cooler. That would completely block the flow from the "up" to the "down" side and completely block the flow.

The only way to find out what's happening was to either X-Ray or section the cooler.

Sectioning would much more exciting. Dissection of a Cooler's Coolerary Occlusion.

Stay tuned for Autopsy Pictures.

Tax Day, 1999...

...an appropriate time for Sectioning. Sectioning something other than you, That having been done that very day to your wallet by the Federal & State Government.

The Maestro took the Overweight & Constipated oil cooler over to Jay for an appointment with the Sectioning Saw.

Five Easy Pieces later, the drawn & quartered (+1) Cooler was laid out on the Autopsy table, before the Porsche gods and everybody, for them all to see. The Evidence before their very eyes.

An what did they see?

Place your Vote here:

The Choices are:

1. A. Pieces of Rod Bearings blocking passageways
    B. Pieces of Main Bearings blocking passageways

2. Entire body of or Bits of Bugs/Insects inside:
   
    A. Cocoons
    B. Mud Wasps
    C. Other- Specify:

3. A. Rat poo-poos.
    B. Other species poo-poos- Specify:

4. Something else: Specify _________________

Keep the 356 Faith
Maestro