Re: Possible to build an engine that never leaks oil?

"*" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:01c7f2e9$9248e120$f695c3d8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Doc <docsavage20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in article
> <1189303672.201235.209440@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...
>> Seems they always start to ooze oil. Is it possible to build one that
>> doesn't?
>>
>>
>
> That's why Harley Davidson never built computers.....They couldn't
figure 
> a
> way to make them leak oil.......
>
    OT, I know.  First, I loved your reply above!  And I know a few local 
Harley Davidson "restorers" (NOT me, as I happen to have no interest.) who

would argue that HD's are designed to "drip" oil--onto the chain.  They 
claim that when properly assembled and the drip mechanism properly 
adjusted--for the average "Joe" who buys one & knows nothing beyond start 
'em and ride 'em--the leakage *must* be there, but at a liveable level. 
They also claim that they can be operated with the drip shut off IF the 
driver/rider remembers to turn it on periodically to oil the chain. The
only 
alternative, according to them:  the chain breaks on an oil-free
motorcycle! 
sam