Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #2111
From: Rino <lacombr@nbnet.nb.ca>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: First run approaches
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 21:44:14 -0300
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>


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
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