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Is burning oil in a skillet relevant when seemingly unaffected 2 stroke=20
oil ends up in the crankcase? Might it be that the oil isn't burning at a=
ll?


Bulent Aliev wrote:

>     Hi Rusty, Why people think that MMO is solution for everything? 2
>     cycle oil was designed to be used just for our purpose. I know
>     you=92ll make faces when I mention PL but he cooked few different
>     samples in the oven to see which oil left the least sludge residue
>     when burned, and the 2 cycle oil was the best as I remember it.
>     My hangar neighbor puts some MMO in the tanks of his Lyconosorus
>     equipped RV-4, but he doesn=92t know any better. He is an A&P, so I=

>     forgive him :) But you? :)
>     Bulent
>     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.
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>     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.
>
>     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.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Rusty (will never fill the plane without thinking about alligators)=

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