Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com ([24.93.67.83] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b8) with ESMTP id 2457552 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 06 Jul 2003 14:59:22 -0400 Received: from nc.rr.com (cpe-024-211-186-067.nc.rr.com [24.211.186.67]) by ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h66IuNqP023402 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 14:56:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3F0870EC.8090502@nc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 14:56:44 -0400 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: First run approaches References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rino wrote: > going on. I run the engine every day about 5 minutes to check out the > systems. The 2 alternators work fine and the pressures are OK. No temp > gauges installed yet but it is comming. The engine did not burp yet > because the cooling system is still full. I have a vent (1/4" hose)from > the top of the rad to the thermostat housing (no thermostat) and one > vent from the top rear end of the engine to the thermostat housing -- > seems to work fine. > Rino, are you worried about water building up in your oil like that? The Shell Oil guys giving the lecture at Sun'n'Fun were rather adamant that this is the way to lead an engine to an early grave, letting it run often for short periods. Their advice was to let it run for at least 30 minutes at least once a week in order to boil of any residual water from the combustion process. -- ----Because I can---- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ ------------------------