Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #13022
From: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: how do you carry, and measure oil?
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:28:11 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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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