notjustair
Well-known Member
I've got a 16 horse Magnum in my ZTR. I changed the oil today and got it ready to go. Posed a question.
It takes 2 1/2 quarts to fill it with oil. I thought it was wrong when I got it (the old man before me had written it on the shroud). While I was blowing off the engine, I got to looking down in the hole where the engine hides and it has a block extension bolted on the bottom of the block. It raises the height of the engine about three inches. I assume about a quart.
How common were these? What would be the point? It is a repower, so maybe it came from something originally designed to be used on steep terrain? Seems odd. I will tell you that the oil stays just as clean all summer long - it looked new when I changed it today. That extra quart must keep it cooler and have the contaminants more diluted.
I just thought it was odd. I've never seen a bolt on sump extension on anything but my old air cooled VW engines.
It takes 2 1/2 quarts to fill it with oil. I thought it was wrong when I got it (the old man before me had written it on the shroud). While I was blowing off the engine, I got to looking down in the hole where the engine hides and it has a block extension bolted on the bottom of the block. It raises the height of the engine about three inches. I assume about a quart.
How common were these? What would be the point? It is a repower, so maybe it came from something originally designed to be used on steep terrain? Seems odd. I will tell you that the oil stays just as clean all summer long - it looked new when I changed it today. That extra quart must keep it cooler and have the contaminants more diluted.
I just thought it was odd. I've never seen a bolt on sump extension on anything but my old air cooled VW engines.