Originally Posted by
DHfan
I would guess that all sleeve-valve engines are a bit oily with effectively twice as many cylinder oil films required. One between the sleeve and the block and another between the piston and sleeve.
'A bit oily' is a master of understatement DH - I 'waved in' a couple of Sea Furies over the years and the wing roots were slick with oil from the exhaust pipery (also with oil dripping out of said pipery) - looked like a total loss oil system
