Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #6429
From: David Carter <dcarter@datarecall.net>
Subject: oil metering system-plastic vs metal lines (was Re: [FlyRotary] Re: marvel mystery oil?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:09:13 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
The plastic oil lines for the oil metering system - has anyone come up with
a way to replace the plastic with aluminum lines?

David

----- Original Message ----- <snip>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:24 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: marvel mystery oil?


> 1) $
> 2) Complexity
> 3) Reliability
>
> On 3 it's not neccessarily a pump failure, but the thin lines from the
> pump to the oil injectors are known to get brittle and break, and I'm
> kind of scared of having oil dripping down on my exhaust (don't ask why
:)
>
<snip >
> Finn


I considered it Finn, but while I think Richard's component is a neat
idea,
I couldn't convince myself that I needed one for the following reasons:

1.  Reliability (no reflection on the reliability of Richard's pump - but
the plastic  oil lines can become brittle and leak)
<snip>

Ed Anderson



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