Originally Posted By: thomasew
I did separate the base plate,...
Then that explains it and why I've never seen it in a personal dissection, never separated the two halfs or tried. Now come to think of it, remember a couple other here semi recently done that way, cut on the seam, but are the exception. And hard to tell without seeing the other half in pics. Thanks for the clarification and agree I wouldn't be concerned about that.
Imo, shouldn't be concerned about using SynPower, and 4k on that oil is nothing.