Return-Path: Received: from simmts3-srv.bellnexxia.net ([206.47.199.12] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b8) with ESMTP id 2457746 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 06 Jul 2003 20:42:49 -0400 Received: from nbnet.nb.ca ([207.179.158.204]) by simmts3-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.32 201-253-122-126-132-20030307) with ESMTP id <20030707004247.QVMO23654.simmts3-srv.bellnexxia.net@nbnet.nb.ca> for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 20:42:47 -0400 Message-ID: <3F08C25E.C5EA03D8@nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 21:44:14 -0300 From: Rino X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: First run approaches References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ernest Christley wrote: > > 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. With no fan I cannot run it much longer. It is still inside the shop. I cannot run the prop in there. It gets hot enough before I shut it down. Rino