X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m17.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1346078 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:58:05 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.207; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-m17.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.599.1959600 (57341) for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:57:12 -0400 (EDT) From: WRJJRS@aol.com Message-ID: <599.1959600.321e8ba8@aol.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:57:12 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: renesis recall? To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1156395432" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5032 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1156395432 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/23/2006 7:57:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, clouduster@austin.rr.com writes: I wonder if the oil injection system in the RX -8 cars was/is injecting too much oil. I'm running my Renesis with Shon's alternate oil adapter and his manual oil metering adjuster. At max. oil setting I used 2 oz. oil while burning less than 1/2 gal. of fuel. Oil was being spit out of the intake past the throttle body! I now have the oil injection rate set at about 1/4 inch from the minimum oil injection rate. It probably is close to 3/4 oz. oil/ gal. This is the same amount of oil Tracy is mixing with the fuel. I'm not flying - still ground running the engine while working on the cowl and inlet system. Dennis H Dennis, Oiling is certainly a possibility, and therefore poisioning the cat since the oil injection pumps are kind of a weak point in the system. Note that this isn't really an engine problem. This also bears no reference to our aircraft use. Fortunatly the oil pumps are pretty simple and if you have one that's working they usually last a long time. (after all they are filled with OIL!) There was also a mention of overheating some of the underhood components if the owner does a lot of high-performance motoring. Again not an aircraft problem. Bill Jepson -------------------------------1156395432 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 8/23/2006 7:57:12 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 clouduster@austin.rr.com writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>I wonder=20 if the oil injection system in the RX -8 cars was/is injecting
too muc= h=20 oil. I'm running my Renesis with Shon's alternate oil adapter
an= d=20 his manual oil metering adjuster. At max. oil setting I used 2= oz.=20
oil while burning less than 1/2 gal. of fuel. Oil was being spit= out=20 of
the intake past the throttle body! I now have the oil injecti= on=20 rate
set at about 1/4 inch from the minimum oil injection rate. =20= It=20 probably
is close to 3/4 oz. oil/ gal. This is the same amount o= f=20 oil Tracy is
mixing with the fuel. I'm not flying - still ground= =20 running the engine
while working on the cowl and inlet=20 system.

Dennis H

Dennis,

Oiling is certainly a possibility, and therefore poisioning the cat sin= ce=20 the oil injection pumps are kind of a weak point in the system. Note that th= is=20 isn't really an engine problem. This also bears no reference to our aircraft= =20 use. Fortunatly the oil pumps are pretty simple and if you have one that's=20 working they usually last a long time. (after all they are filled with OIL!)= =20 There was also a mention of overheating some of the underhood components if=20= the=20 owner does a lot of high-performance motoring. Again not an aircraft=20 problem.

Bill Jepson

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