Quote Originally Posted by Scott Larson View Post
Nor would I consider arguing the point Trek. As you have seen the results first hand, you don't need an explanation. For those not as well versed, when looking down the oil filler neck on the passenger side valve cover, you will notice the cam gear assembly directly below that opening. Now imagine that assembly, rotating at speed, bathed in a constant oil flow, flinging the oil out an open filler neck cuz someone left the cap off...yup, it makes a helluva mess! I've never done it, but in these hurried times, I completely understand how it happens.
Yes, the results I've personally seen first hand as it was happening was more akin to pressurized oil vapors, and not oil being slung. Oil being slung obviously seems to be the only thing you've imagined, and yes, I can imagine that too, but that's not what I've been saying.

Why Isuzu didn't see fit to include a baffle plate under the filler hole in that valve cover to aid in condensate collection and drainback like I've seen on other valve covers is a mystery, but the fact remains that they didn't on the VX. Maybe the engineers at Isuzu were just giving people more benefit of the doubt at the time though since everything was so much more slower paced that far back at the turn of the millennium.