Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 540286 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:28:26 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20041121002755.YANQ1980.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:27:55 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: how do you carry, and measure oil? Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:28:16 -0600 Message-ID: <011b01c4cf60$fe641b40$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_011C_01C4CF2E.B3C9AB40" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_011C_01C4CF2E.B3C9AB40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rusty, can you find bunch of disposable 5 oz bottles and toss them out = after use? Make sure you leave expansion room by squeezing the bottle slightly before sealing the cap. Bulent =20 =20 Hi Bulent, Actually, the 5 oz thing was just an example of what I do = for the 5 gallon jugs I was using to fill the plane. There would be no = problem continuing to use the measuring cup for hanger use, but even that won't = be necessary very soon. =20 =20 By the end of Thanksgiving weekend, I'll have a 91 gallon tank installed = in the truck, complete with 12V fuel pump and meter. When I start using = that, I'll have to either add oil to the transfer tank when I fill it at the station, or leave the fuel in the transfer tank clean, and add oil as I = fill the plane at the hanger. That's actually why I asked the question about using less than 1 oz/gal of oil. My other engine is a 912ULS, which requires premium, and would prefer to not have oil. I have it from a reliable source that using MMO in the 912 won't hurt a thing, = particularly if you keep the concentration as low as possible. It also won't hurt = other engines it seems, so I've been thinking of going back to MMO, and just mixing it in the transfer tank. One thing's for sure, it would stay = mixed up as I drive. =20 The problem is how to add oil when filling up at another airport. = Clearly, from the responses, I'm worrying too much about exact ratios. I'll = probably just buy a few quarts of MMO, then reuse the bottles by filling them = from gallon containers. They seem to be pretty heavy duty bottles, and have = a nice long neck, so it's probably as good as any. =20 =20 Thanks, Rusty (will never fill the plane without thinking about alligators) ------=_NextPart_000_011C_01C4CF2E.B3C9AB40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Rusty, can you = find bunch=20 of disposable 5 oz bottles and toss them out after use? Make sure you = leave=20 expansion room by squeezing the bottle slightly before sealing the=20 cap.
Bulent  
 
Hi Bulent,  Actually, the 5 oz thing was = just an=20 example of what I do for the 5 gallon jugs I was using to fill the = plane. =20 There would be no problem continuing to use the measuring cup for hanger = use,=20 but even that won't be necessary very soon. =20
 
By the end of Thanksgiving weekend, = I'll have=20 a 91 gallon tank installed in the truck, complete with 12V fuel = pump and=20 meter.  When  I start using that, I'll have to = either add=20 oil to the transfer tank when I fill it at the station, or leave the = fuel in the=20 transfer tank clean, and add oil as I fill the plane at the = hanger. =20 That's actually why I asked the question about using less than 1 oz/gal = of=20 oil.  My other engine is a 912ULS, which requires premium, and = would=20 prefer to not have oil.  I have it from a reliable source that = using MMO in=20 the 912 won't hurt a thing, particularly if you keep the = concentration as=20 low as possible.  It also won't hurt other engines it seems, so = I've been=20 thinking of going back to MMO, and just mixing it in the transfer = tank. =20 One thing's for sure, it would stay mixed up as I=20 drive.
 
The problem is how to add oil when filling up = at=20 another airport.  Clearly, from the responses, I'm worrying too = much about=20 exact ratios.  I'll probably just buy a few quarts of MMO, then = reuse the=20 bottles by filling them from gallon containers.  They seem to be = pretty=20 heavy duty bottles, and have a nice long neck, so it's probably as good = as=20 any. 
 
Thanks,
Rusty (will never fill the plane without = thinking about=20 alligators)
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