Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #6517
From: <daveleonard@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: More run time, fewer issues
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 5:18:53 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

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Hopefully your seals will coke
up and stem the flow... give it a couple hours and see what happens.  That's what the guys at Turbonetics told me (they're owned by Kelly Aerospace and that's what the labels say on both of our Garrett turbos, so I think they know from whence they speak) and I thought I'd pass it along to you.  Hang in there.

    <Marv>

 The turbo is from at 30k mile car so it should have had time to break in.  I am not getting any dripping, but just a slightly oily residue in the pipe that I mostly attribute to the 2-stroke oil.  The smoke is a little more than a cigar would make, but I puff on the cigar if I pull the engine through a few times.

This is reassuring, Marv.  Though I will have a low treshold to send in the turbo for an overhaul.

Thanks,
Dave Leonard

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