Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #42159
From: Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net>
Subject: Oil metering port
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:51:04 +0000
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Al,
 Apparently that is a distribution nozzle in the bottom of the oil injection ports......I
never attemped to remove one but they cannot extend into the rotor housing........
They butt up to the steel liner of the housing and there is only a small hole through
the steel liner..........
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold



 
-------------- Original message from "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures@cox.net>: --------------

Yesterday I removed one of the banjo bolts that serve as oil injection ports on the housings of my 20B. In the bottom of the threaded bore I noticed a slotted plug with hole in center. I wondered if the slot had something to do with maybe distributing the oil to the tip seals.  It looked like it was threaded in; so in my curiosity, I took a screwdriver to screw it out.  It turns, but doesn’t appear to move up or down.  What is it there for, and did turning it do anything?  I want to make sure it doesn’t possibly move inward and contact the tip seal.

 

BTW; the hole is threaded 10mm, 1.25 pitch; and a plug bolt should be a max of about 12mm long.

 

Al

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