Foam.....again

[Englishmaninwales]

Two questions, 1800 K:

1.Foam block supplied with the Apollo for fitting in the cam cover. Does this serve any purpose or may I throw it away before it falls to bits?

2.Sump foam. Search of the archives indicates some people have suffered significant surge without the foam even with an apollo fitted. What is the general opinion/experience?

Malcolm

 

Edited by - englishmaninwales on 18 Jan 2005 23:17:29

[Trevor Newman]

the foam in the sump stops surge

the appollo is an air separator as highly revved K engines have a tendancy to mix air in the oil

personally i would buy some new foam unless its only road use

 

dont know about the cam foam

[oilyhands]

From what I can see the foam isn't that much larger than the ally sheet that retains it , so it may be of questionable benefit. The anti-surge/windage benefits may be outweighed by the tendency for the foam to break up and clog the oil pick-up.

 

The faom in the cam cover is just a baffle for the Apollo outlet. Just make sure it doesn't get trapped under the cam cover and disrupt the gasket.

 

Oily

[Englishmaninwales]

Trevor

I'm aware what the sump foam (and apollo)is supposed to do.

I'm asking for people's experience without the foam, as I suspect, as does Oily, that it's a waste of time.

malcolm

[SLR No.77]

Whatever your decision, I may have a spare sump foam if you need it. Won't be needed with a d/s.

 

Stu.

 

[Englishmaninwales]

Stu

better add it to my 'need list' I sent you last night! 😳

Malcolm