From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 08:51:48 PDT
I can recall in one of my old metal handbooks...a picture of someone
burning the carbon out of the cylinders of an auto engine...and if I
remember right...once you got it burning...you could shut off the
acetylene and use oxygen only. Weird huh? Fred Martin
Ryan M Gill wrote:
> At 12:23 PM -0400 6/11/03, Fred Martin wrote:
>
>> Question: How would the L-440 engine keep from losing the crankcase
>> oil past the piston rings in the upside down position? Looks kinda
>> iffy to me...unless someone can explain that a dry sump system is not
>> new technology. Fred Martin
>
>
> Dry Sump Technology is not new. My 1942 Daimler dingo has a dry sump. My
> 1972 Honda CB750 has a dry sump. Its not new. I'll bet it was an old way
> of doing things for quite some time. Its just a matter of having 2 oil
> pumps over one.
>
> I'll bet this aero engine had a service interval for de-cokeing the
> cylinders and valve gear due to oil burning and carbonization.
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