Return-Path: Received: from out002.verizon.net ([206.46.170.141] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 541270 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:44:03 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.170.141; envelope-from=finn.lassen@verizon.net Received: from verizon.net ([4.12.145.173]) by out002.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041122024328.QZUN3388.out002.verizon.net@verizon.net> for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:43:28 -0600 Message-ID: <41A1524F.4060203@verizon.net> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:43:27 -0500 From: Finn Lassen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax; PROMO) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: how do you carry, and measure oil? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------020109070402040306080403" X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out002.verizon.net from [4.12.145.173] at Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:43:28 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020109070402040306080403 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Doesn't sound unreasonable. Let's say 50 hours, one pint of oil gained (16 oz).. 50 hrs at 8 GPH = 400 gallons. 400 oz of mixed oil. Only 4% of the oil gets scavenged into the sump. Rest is burned or goes out through exhaust. Finn Bob Perkinson wrote: > The fuel vapors are blown overboard and only minute traces of oil are > left behind. Multiply it by few million repetitions and you end up > with extra oil. That's my theory? > Bulent > > > > > > Bulent, > > If that's the case then, for every oz. of oil in the sump there was a > gallon of fuel that went overboard in vapors with a mixture of 1to128. > > > > Bob Perkinson > > > > > > --------------020109070402040306080403 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Doesn't sound unreasonable. Let's say 50 hours, one pint of oil gained (16 oz)..
50 hrs at 8 GPH = 400 gallons. 400 oz of mixed oil. Only 4% of the oil gets scavenged into the sump. Rest is burned or goes out through exhaust.

Finn

Bob Perkinson wrote:

Re: [FlyRotary] Re: how do you carry, and measure oil?

The fuel vapors are blown overboard and only minute traces of oil are left behind. Multiply it by few million repetitions and you end up with extra oil. That’s my theory?
Bulent

Bulent,

If that’s the case then, for every oz. of oil in the sump there was a gallon of fuel that went overboard in vapors with a mixture of 1to128.

Bob Perkinson

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