Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #14224
From: jesse farr <jesse@jessfarr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] today's oil pan inspection
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:58:49 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Message
Did you look at the url regarding oil analysis I sent you ?  That comes from car folks and I ran across it from rotary person referal.  Some of them have a goodly bit of data as to what is normal for many engine and oil types.  http://tinyurl.com/363cu is an url that deals with oil.  http://tinyurl.com/72cy8 deals with analysis. Probably the only thing they can tell you is what is there and what is not to, perhaps, a little better degree of accuracy than your plate view.
jofarr
----- Original Message ----- From: Russell Duffy
Since I've never use any oil analysis service, I have a question.  I've always understood that this was something you did routinely, to notice when some extra wear starts.  In other words, the results are based on a baseline that you established when the engine was working well.  Since so many people do this with Lycomings, there's a pretty good bank of data to compare to, even if your only sent in one sample.  Do the oil test folks have a solid idea what's "normal" for a rotary engine?  Will this test absolutely show if something is wrong?
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