Priceless wisdom and guidance from one of our industry's geniuses. Thank you, Mr. Busch. You are a humble giant with a generous streak in your character.
What worked for me is 4 or so quarts of MMO poured into the crankcase with a full oil sump of the older oil [15yrs.] pull the top plugs and fill those cyln. too. pull the prop through and let the oils flood out the plug holes. The cam is the only problem on the Lyc, engines. The engine is still running great 9 years later and 2400+ hrs. it is a lyc. 0-320...a bullit proof engine. Thanks for the video
I would think that the ethanol that is in most mogas would cause major problems after sitting for any amount of time. It causes me problems all the time with my small engines that sit for more than a few months. The ethanol absorbs water and the fuel in the tank turns to a mixture of gas and water.
I dont know how many different types of desiccants there are, but the ones Ive seen have beads that are blue (containing Cobalt Chloride) when dry which turn Pink when saturated with water. Silly mixup but should be corrected none the less.
Why not plumb oil lines, into your oil galleys. Then pressure feed oil into the engine until you see PSI. That way you're not turning your engine and creating dry starting. I do this with car engines. Works great
I know you recommend against using synthetic oils for normal use but for pickling the film retention of synthetics might be better. So, I would imagine the procedure to be change the regular oil, and filter, fill with synthetic and new filter, run the engine to get it hot and circulated (maybe fly?) and then shut down. Then do the remaining normal pickling process. Prior to return to service do an oil and filter change again to remove the synthetic oil and install your normal oil. I realize that synthetic oil can't keep the lead in suspension but if the engine is only run for a short duration, say no more than 1 hour, it doesn't need to keep very much lead in suspension and there is little time to build up any sludge. I guess the question to ask, is the risk of the lead worse than the benefit of the improved film retention?
I have a Lycoming O540 in long term storage. I have blanked off exhaust ports etc, inverted the engine then filled crankcase, combustion, inlet and exhaust chambers with oil. Will be interested to see if this has protected the internals. My only concern is any potential condensation moisture may be building up around the cam shaft which in the Lycoming sits at the top of the engine (lowest point when inverted).
I have a Citabria with a Lycoming 0-235 C-1, with a stuck exhaust valve on no. 1 cyl. 2400 and change on AC with 2400 TBO...low comp. readings. I havent heard you say anything about stuck valves and wondered what you would do in my situation...its been sitting for 3 years now as I save money for repairs / overhaul....any advice would be appreciated !!
Looking up the MSDS sheets, Marvel Mystery Oil is pretty much 2/3rds 3-In-One oil mixed with about 1/3rd Stoddard Solvent with traces of a few other solvents.
Those recepy lacks the 600 ppm of phosphorous that comes with tcp add. And other stuff like chlorine parafina, that I don't know How it would be out MSDS.
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Still sitting. Currently up for sale. Couple low offers... Declined
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Priceless wisdom and guidance from one of our industry's geniuses. Thank you, Mr. Busch. You are a humble giant with a generous streak in your character.
What worked for me is 4 or so quarts of MMO poured into the crankcase with a full oil sump of the older oil [15yrs.] pull the top plugs and fill those cyln. too. pull the prop through and let the oils flood out the plug holes. The cam is the only problem on the Lyc, engines. The engine is still running great 9 years later and 2400+ hrs. it is a lyc. 0-320...a bullit proof engine. Thanks for the video
I would think that the ethanol that is in most mogas would cause major problems after sitting for any amount of time. It causes me problems all the time with my small engines that sit for more than a few months. The ethanol absorbs water and the fuel in the tank turns to a mixture of gas and water.
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I dont know how many different types of desiccants there are, but the ones Ive seen have beads that are blue (containing Cobalt Chloride) when dry which turn Pink when saturated with water. Silly mixup but should be corrected none the less.
Why not plumb oil lines, into your oil galleys. Then pressure feed oil into the engine until you see PSI. That way you're not turning your engine and creating dry starting. I do this with car engines. Works great
I know you recommend against using synthetic oils for normal use but for pickling the film retention of synthetics might be better. So, I would imagine the procedure to be change the regular oil, and filter, fill with synthetic and new filter, run the engine to get it hot and circulated (maybe fly?) and then shut down. Then do the remaining normal pickling process. Prior to return to service do an oil and filter change again to remove the synthetic oil and install your normal oil. I realize that synthetic oil can't keep the lead in suspension but if the engine is only run for a short duration, say no more than 1 hour, it doesn't need to keep very much lead in suspension and there is little time to build up any sludge. I guess the question to ask, is the risk of the lead worse than the benefit of the improved film retention?
I have a Lycoming O540 in long term storage. I have blanked off exhaust ports etc, inverted the engine then filled crankcase, combustion, inlet and exhaust chambers with oil. Will be interested to see if this has protected the internals. My only concern is any potential condensation moisture may be building up around the cam shaft which in the Lycoming sits at the top of the engine (lowest point when inverted).
Is this issue worse or not as bad for a radial type engines?
I have a Citabria with a Lycoming 0-235 C-1, with a stuck exhaust valve on no. 1 cyl. 2400 and change on AC with 2400 TBO...low comp. readings. I havent heard you say anything about stuck valves and wondered what you would do in my situation...its been sitting for 3 years now as I save money for repairs / overhaul....any advice would be appreciated !!
You got the colour wrong of silica gel desiccant. It's blue when dry and pink when it needs drying again.
Looking up the MSDS sheets, Marvel Mystery Oil is pretty much 2/3rds 3-In-One oil mixed with about 1/3rd Stoddard Solvent with traces of a few other solvents.
Those recepy lacks the 600 ppm of phosphorous that comes with tcp add. And other stuff like chlorine parafina, that I don't know How it would be out MSDS.
MSDS only list the harmful constituints of a comercial product.