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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Short motor runs,  was I found the power
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:19:41 -0600
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From: Tom
  To: Rotary motors in aircraft
  Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:40 PM
  Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Short motor runs, was I found the power


  Very good to hear Paul you found some power.      However, I thought a
person would risk getting apex seals stuck if you ran the motor for short
runs, like less than 5 minutes?    I forgot the reasoning behind it.    Then
comes out the bottle transmission fluid or that other liquid and procedure
for creating great clouds of smoke, per previous discussions a few months
back.

  Tom
- - - -
David comments:

About "short runs, like less than 5 minutes. . ."

I was in the Mazda dealership's maintenance bay last Christmas season and an
RX-8 was towed into the shop - "Won't start".
    - Service Tech said any engine run that doesn't get the car up to
"operatinig temperature" will result in no start next time you try.  They
have a whole procedure to go through to get it started.
    - I didn't get any info on "why" and "how".
    -I suspect what I heard was only related to the "automobile
installation" with all its computer software and sensor stuff as installed
and designed for the RX-8.  Don't know if any of that applies to the basic
mechanical engine assembly that we use in our aircraft with after-market
ECU.

Re:  "Then comes out the bottle transmission fluid or that other liquid and
procedure for creating great clouds of smoke, per previous discussions a few
months back.". . . . Leon down under sent an e-mail 2 or 3 years ago saying
he'd put an external tank with brake fluid and something else in it plumbed
to the intake manifold, and would "fog" the engine for a few moments before
shutdown to "coat rotors and seals" with wet lubricant/compression enhancer
to make the "next start" easier.  I can't find that e-mail - Leon, can you
send your idea again?

David