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 541170 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:14:00 -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 <20041122001329.NPYT1980.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:13:29 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: how do you carry, and measure oil? Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:13:53 -0600 Message-ID: <01af01c4d028$26c042e0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01B0_01C4CFF5.DC25D2E0" 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_01B0_01C4CFF5.DC25D2E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have missed something here! I understand that Finn is draining oil = from the engine oil sump because the volume of oil in the sump is increasing = over time? If two cycle oil is mixed with the fuel it should burn, if it is injected into the rotary housing it should also be burnt. How is the = Two Cycle Oil getting into the engine oil sump? =20 Bob Perkinson=20 =20 As I understand it, the pre-mix oil gets past the side seals, and gets scavenged back to the sump. I suppose a certain amount of fuel must do = that too, though it would evaporate. =20 =20 Rusty =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_01B0_01C4CFF5.DC25D2E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
I have=20 missed something here!  I = understand=20 that Finn is draining oil from the engine oil sump because the volume of = oil in=20 the sump is increasing over time? =20 If two cycle oil is mixed with the fuel it should burn, if it is = injected=20 into the rotary housing it should also be burnt.  How is the Two Cycle Oil = getting into=20 the engine oil sump?

 

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As I = understand it,=20 the pre-mix oil gets past the side seals, and gets scavenged = back to=20 the sump.  I suppose a certain amount of fuel must do = that too,=20 though it would evaporate.  

 

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