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rogersheridan(at)mac.com
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 Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 2:08 am Post subject: Oil Usage |
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Good Day all,
My 600 hour 912UL is using about 30ml/hr, half the max allowed by Rotax, requiring top ups about every 10 hours.
The exhaust looks dry, compressions & crankcase pressures are good.
I get a mist of oil from the oil tank vent line which passes through a collector bottle (that doesn’t accumulate oil). It leaves a smear of oil on the cowling.
Perhaps nothing to worry about but any suggestions are welcome.
Regards,
Roger
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h&jeuropa
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| Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Oil Usage |
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Roger,
Several years ago Rotax issued a revised dipstick. It has square corners on the handle, not round like the original. The new dipstick requires a higher level of oil in the tank to be in the normal range (the flat on the dipstick). Supposedly this was done because of foaming characteristics of some oils.
When we used the new dipstick we found that we had oil on the belly and used oil like you are seeing. We went back to the original stick and use only AeroShell Sport 4 oil and the problem was solved.
Hope this helps.
Jim & Heather
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