From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu May 20 2004 - 07:11:19 PDT
At 9:41 AM -0400 5/20/04, Larry Tighe wrote:
>Is a CH-34C helicopter different from a M151A2?
>
>When flying the CH-34 in winter, we operated a switch that pumped av-gas
>into the oil tank....the radial engine uses a "dry sump". The thinned out
>oil allowed the engine to spin over more rapidly during starting.
>
>When I first heard of this, I wondered how much damage the thinned oil would
>do to the engine...the salty old Lt. Col. IP told me, "the heat of the
>engine evaporates the gasoline and the oil returns to its original
>viscosity...stupid"!
>
>Would this same theory apply to the M151A2?
For smaller quantities. However, if you have
large amounts, it is just too thin to act as oil
and becomes something closer to fuel.
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