Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.71] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 621712 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:27:10 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.71; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050125202638.LUPB2276.imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:26:38 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: oil analysis results Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:27:10 -0600 Message-ID: <035201c5031c$3f463320$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0353_01C502E9.F4ABC320" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0353_01C502E9.F4ABC320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Me too. My rough guestimate was that he was showing about 12 times more fuel polution than he should have; doesn't this make us all worry about viscosity, if that is true ? Or, did I just misguestimate ? jofarr=20 =20 As I mentioned before, I don't think you can put any stock in the fuel content showed, except that it's the only indication of a problem. The = side seals on the bad rotor are smashed into the side of the rotor, so = there's NO seal at all. When compression starts, a portion of the fuel/air mixture = is pushed into the crankcase (for lack of a better term). =20 Rusty (It's hard to start a Trane) =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0353_01C502E9.F4ABC320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Me too.  My rough = guestimate=20 was that he was showing about 12 times more fuel polution than he should = have;=20 doesn't this make us all worry about viscosity, if that is true ?  = Or, did=20 I just misguestimate ?
jofarr 
 
As I mentioned before, I don't think you can = put any stock=20 in the fuel content showed, except that it's the only indication of a=20 problem.  The side seals on the bad rotor are smashed into the = side of=20 the rotor, so there's NO seal at all.  When compression = starts, a=20 portion of the fuel/air mixture is pushed into the crankcase (for = lack of a=20 better term).
 
Rusty (It's hard to start a=20 Trane)  
 
 
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