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Bill,

I keep a soft sided 12 pack cooler that has a hard plastic liner in the baggage compartment. I holds windshield cleaner\ soft rag, partial roll of shop towels, small spray bottle of Simple Green, and one to four bottles of oil depending on trip. I like to carry at least one 16 oz bottle for short trips. Half a bottle of oil for 10 gallons. Easy to measure with the marks on the bottle. I wrap a couple of shop towels around the bottle neck before pouring to minimize the mess. Install fuel cap and clean up with Simple Green if needed.

Bobby

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 11:16 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Method of adding oil to fuel

I decided to add oil to the fuel as I do the fill up back when I was building. That was not a problem for a long time because I was buying fuel in a couple of 55 gal drums and hauling them on a trailer. I would add the oil to the drum before I left the hangar to go to the gas station and then just fill the drums.

The first time that I tried to do this at an airport, it turned out to be a PITA! The wind was blowing and it was cold and the oil was stringing out all over me and the wing. Quite a mess!

This makes me start to think of how can I measure and add this oil in a neat clean and easy way. Now I know I am not the first guy to try and gas up on a windy day so has anybody figured out how to do this in a cute way?

I discovered a long time ago that the best inventions I can come up with come off this list. How do you guys do this?

Bill