Return-Path: Received: from corpprd-pxy2.canfor.ca ([198.162.160.3] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b8) with ESMTP id 343518 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:42:28 -0400 Received-SPF: error receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.162.160.3; envelope-from=Steve.Bartrim@canfor.com Received: from canformail1.canfor.ca (canformail1.canfor.ca [199.60.193.29]) by corpprd-pxy2.canfor.ca (Build 103 8.9.3p2/NT-8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01830 for ; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:41:54 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil injection Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:41:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C478E1.E8E59030" Message-ID: <1F17B59A61D4194095359264D24D22A2708CB8@mailman.canfor.ca> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil injection Thread-Index: AcR43I246A3NjvY+TJ2VasOIOmORRQEwBagg From: "Bartrim, Todd" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C478E1.E8E59030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > That's the way I thought it worked, but maybe my memory is faulty, = it's been=20 > over a year since I did that mod. I think it will still flow some oil = even=20 > in the "full off" throttle position on the metering pump. Since I also = add=20 > two-stroke to the oil, it isn't really an issue for me, but if someone = is=20 > depending on the oil injection system only, they should definitely = verify it=20 > works. My stuff is mostly vintage 1986. > Perry >=20 Hmmm... this is all very interesting and has possibly shed some light = on issues that I've had. In the beginning I had made a linkage for my = throttle to oil injection lever that operated from 1/4 open to 3/4 open = (or so I thought) but I seemed to use more oil than expected. I began to = add premix to the fuel while I experimented with the linkage to reduce = the flow finally removing the linkage entirely. I thought that it was = now at minimum flow, but I still only had 3-4 hours flight time before = the low oil level light would begin to flicker. Since I have up to ~12 = hours of fuel capacity, this wasn't really ideal. I've just removed the entire oil injection system in order to check = oil consumption as I'm suspecting that I may be burning some oil in my = turbo. But it could be that I was simply increasing my oil flow rather = than decreasing it. As soon as this kid shows up, (or soon after) I'll = get out for a long flight again to check this, but in the meantime I'll = closely inspect the metering pump tonight after work. Thanks Kelly for pushing this issue, as you may have made me aware of a = possible issue... S. Todd Bartrim Turbo 13B RX-9endurance C-FSTB http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -Albert Einstein ------_=_NextPart_001_01C478E1.E8E59030 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil injection

    That's the way I = thought it worked, but maybe my memory is faulty, it's been =
    over a year since = I did that mod. I think it will still flow some oil even
    in the "full = off" throttle position on the metering pump. Since I also add =
    two-stroke to the = oil, it isn't really an issue for me, but if someone is
    depending on the = oil injection system only, they should definitely verify it =
    works. My stuff = is mostly vintage 1986.

Perry

        Hmmm... this is all very = interesting and has possibly shed some light on issues that I've had. In = the beginning I had made a linkage for my throttle to oil injection = lever that operated from 1/4 open to 3/4 open (or so I thought) but I = seemed to use more oil than expected. I began to add premix to the fuel = while I experimented with the linkage to reduce the flow finally = removing the linkage entirely. I thought that it was now at minimum = flow, but I still only had 3-4 hours flight time before the low oil = level light would begin to flicker. Since I have up to ~12 hours of fuel = capacity, this wasn't really ideal.

         I've just removed the entire = oil injection system in order to check oil consumption as I'm suspecting = that I may be burning some oil in my turbo. But it could be that I was = simply increasing my oil flow rather than decreasing it. As soon as this = kid shows up, (or soon after) I'll get out for a long flight again to = check this, but in the meantime I'll closely inspect the metering pump = tonight after work.

        Thanks Kelly for pushing this = issue, as you may have made me aware of a possible = issue...

S. Todd = Bartrim
Turbo = 13B
RX-9endurance
C-FSTB
http://www3.telus.= net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm

        "Imagination is more important than = knowledge"
        =         =         =         =         -Albert Einstein


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