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