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Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 4:34
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Another rotary
failure
Mazda's new 2mm seal design is 2 piece (introduced in 2004 I think), the
3 piece is obsolete. It is quite possible that Chuck got his prior
to the new Mazda design so he could have the aftermarket
parts. RWS does not furnish seals to Mazdatrix so guess
they would have to be Hurley or Atkins (same material
AFIK).
Hi
Tracy,
Hopefully Chuck can clear this up for us, as well as providing many
more answers once he gets into the engine. I would probably be more
suspicious of the "aftermarket" seals than the stock ones, mostly
because we don't know where they came from, or should I say we know where they
didn't come from :-)
Does
Chuck run the oil injection pump, or pre-mix? Losing oil flow to
one rotor would eventually lead to loss of compression, though I don't
think it would happen that suddenly.
In
trying to think of recent problems, the only one I can recall that didn't have a very clear
cause was Ed's tailwind to Shady Bend issue. I recall there was a theory
of ingesting something, but it was never proven. Other than that, Paul's
accident wasn't absolutely proven, but I don't think anyone blames the engine
itself. Any others?
Again, the lack of unexplainable "engine" failures is good news,
but that fact is hidden under a bunch of "engine installation"
failures (ahem, like mine).
Rusty (RV-8 QB delivery finally being
arranged)