X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao09.cox.net ([68.230.241.30] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.1) with ESMTP id 1517567 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:03:04 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.30; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20061031180241.FWMV16798.fed1rmmtao09.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:02:41 -0500 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.132.90]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id h62m1V0061xAn3c0000000 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:02:46 -0500 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Oils Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:02:45 -0800 Message-ID: <000001c6fd16$c4644010$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6FCD3.B645BB00" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6FCD3.B645BB00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've been running Castrol 20-50 in my 20B to this point (about 25 hours). Now that it is about 'broken in', I'm considering changing to synthetic. Everyone has their favorite oil, but I'm thinking the Idemitsu racing oil; "specifically engineered to meet the unique requirements of a rotary engine". http://www.idemitsu-usa.com/page_211.htm, would make sense. It comes in 10-30 and 20-50. Considering typical operation at high power, about 5000 rpm, and at temps of 180 -210; I'm thinking stay with 20-50. Comments? Al ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6FCD3.B645BB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I’ve been running Castrol 20-50 in my 20B to = this point (about 25 hours).  Now that it is about ‘broken = in’, I’m considering changing to synthetic.  Everyone has their favorite = oil, but I’m thinking the Idemitsu racing oil; “specifically engineered to = meet the unique requirements of a rotary engine”. http://www.idemitsu-usa= .com/page_211.htm, would make sense.

 

It comes in 10-30 and 20-50.  Considering = typical operation at high power, about 5000 rpm, and at temps of 180 -210; I’m = thinking stay with 20-50.

 

Comments?

 

Al

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