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When you have the problem you describe, turn on the
fuel pump for a minute before starting and the fuel return function will mix the
oil sitting at the bottom.
Tracy
That works fine for the feed tank, but not for the other
one. You could expect the non-feed tank to slosh itself silly on the
taxi ride out to the runway, but I like to make sure the feed tank has as much,
or more fuel than the non-feed tank before departure. On a couple of
occasions, I've suspected that I've transferred a slug of my oil from the
non-feed tank via the transfer
pump.
Thanks for all the other comments about MMO. I'm not
sure that PL's test was all that meaningful. Something more along the
lines of what Finn was getting at, would be better.
Tracy, why did you switch from straight MMO? Was it
just the cost like Finn (known to be a big spender <g>), or did you
suspect that there was a good reason to add some 2-stroke oil? As I
recall, your first engine was in very good shape when dissected. Of course
the other question would be, if you think 2-stroke oil is better, why keep using
half MMO. Did you buy a 55 gal drum of it
:-)
Finally, I can't really answer your question Richard.
In my case, there is just no room for anything else under the
cowl. If I did keep the metering pump, I certainly wouldn't have room for
another reservoir. I do find pre-mixing to be a pain, but if I
trusted the oil pump fully, I don't supposed I'd be voluntarily adding MMO to
the FD tank.
Cheers,
Rusty (first rev-2 run may be slipping past
Friday...)
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