X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from atlmtaow03.cingularme.com ([66.102.165.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.11) with ESMTP id 3437963 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:24:11 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.102.165.8; envelope-from=davidm@remconinc.com Received: from [10.128.46.167] (really [166.188.30.102]) by atlmtaow03.cingularme.com (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20090122042334.JUMI17894.atlmtaow03.cingularme.com@[10.128.46.167]> for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:23:34 -0500 Message-Id: <213F1142-1042-44C1-A6E7-103C9256D90C@remconinc.com> From: David Moyer To: Rotary motors in aircraft In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5G77) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5G77) Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Synthetic oils. Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:19:55 -0600 References: X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=diD-z1kXZ5MA:10 a=C/G4gqpD9gYB16rO/1jVzw==:17 a=7g1VtSJxAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=qu41LayE_AoulLmvcE0A:9 a=rKfV2E94DclzVhrPtjQA:7 a=Yrj4FfZi9n6y41mycxG_GcN63tsA:4 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=XF7b4UCPwd8A:10 That is what I needed to know. I will do that now so the engine is in good shape when I go to fire it back up. David Moyer On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Lynn Hanover wrote: > I may run a straight weight nonsyn for the first few hours as the > engine has set up for over a year. Any other suggestions as what I > should do like inject some trans fluid in the spark plug holes, etc? > Seems as though there is good compression on turning the engine over. > > David Moyer > > > I would use ATF to free up a stuck engine or decarbon one that won't > start. However, for storing more than a month, remove the trailing > plugs and squirt in conventional motor oil. Turn the crank one > revolution, repeat, one revolution, repeat......... > Three times, will get all 6 compression faces. Tape over the intake > and exhaust. Repeat at least every 6 months. > > Lynn E. Hanover > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html