X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 675149 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:50:13 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.116; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from 204.127.135.30 ([204.127.135.30]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with SMTP id <20050819204928112004uhske>; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:49:28 +0000 Received: from [209.247.222.112] by 204.127.135.30; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:49:27 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Rotary Diagnosis please Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:49:27 +0000 Message-Id: <081920052049.26705.430645D6000D7CA8000068512160376021019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Feb 14 2005) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_26705_1124484567_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_26705_1124484567_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Jim, You did replace the rotor oil seal O-rings I presume ?? Was it smoking like that before overhaul ?? -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 -------------- Original message from James Brewer : -------------- > Guys, > I need some help on my recent 13B rebuild for my '87 RX7. Thanks to all > previous replies on the crank angle sensor/TDC > settings I was able to get it to crank and run. Now for the diagnosis of my > present problem: Engine starts and idles with a slight > amount of smoking. As the engine warms up and I increase the RPM I get a > considerable amount of smoke. The smoke does > not smell "sweet" like it is burning coolant but maybe it smells different in a > rotary. Smoke is white not black. With limited running > I haven't noticed a drop in the coolant or coolant in the oil. Before I pull > the engine and go thru it again I would like to pinpoint the > problem before teardown. I thought I was careful about the o-rings. I used > Hylomar for the grooves as per Bruce Turrentine's tape > to keep them in the grooves. Am I getting oil past the oil o-rings? Other > sources or causes for my smoke? Tests I need to run? > Help! Ed, Lynn, Leon or others. > > > Jim Brewer > Albemarle, NC > > > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_26705_1124484567_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Jim,

You did replace the rotor oil seal O-rings I presume ?? Was it smoking like that

before overhaul ??

--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

-------------- Original message from James Brewer <alpha@concordnc.com>: --------------

> Guys,
> I need some help on my recent 13B rebuild for my '87 RX7. Thanks to all
> previous replies on the crank angle sensor/TDC
> settings I was able to get it to crank and run. Now for the diagnosis of my
> present problem: Engine starts and idles with a slight
> amount of smoking. As the engine warms up and I increase the RPM I get a
> considerable amount of smoke. The smoke does
> not smell "sweet" like it is burning coolant but maybe it smells different in a
> rotary. Smoke is white not black. With limited running
> I haven't noticed a drop in the coolant or coolant in the oil. Before I pull
> the engine and go thru it again I would like to pinpoint the
> problem before teardown. I thought I was careful about the o-rings. I used
> Hylomar for the grooves as per Bruce Turrentine's tape
> to keep them in the grooves. Am I getting oil past the oil o-rings? Other
> sources or causes for my smoke? Tests I need to run?
> Help! Ed, Lynn, Leon or others.
>
>
> Jim Brewer
> Albemarle, NC
>
>
>
>
> --
> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/
> Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/

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