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7suds(at)Chartermi.net
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 Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: Jabiru (engine choices) |
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Again, the IO-240 is a great engine and many a Kitfox are flying with them
and they perform great...I just don't like batteries in the tail. Just my
opinion.
You may be in luck, Lycoming has introduced a new IO-233 for the LSA market,
designed to compete against the Rotax and Continental.
http://www.lycoming.com/
Lloyd C
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: Jabiru (engine choices) |
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Jeff, No offense taken. The failure was not Rotax related, but possibly
maintenance related. Something got into the lube system It clogged the oil
lines. The FAA / NTSB tore down the engine. I have reviewed my oil change
routine and don't understand how it happened. It may have been part of the
cap off of one of the oil bottles. Again, given the routing developed over
18 oil changes, I don't have any idea how it could have gotten through the
filler neck and into the oil tank.
With regard to difficult, If I did somehow introduce part of an oil cap into
the oil tank, that possibility is certainly not a risk peculiar to Rotax
engines. A word of caution here. Those little rings that secure the caps
as a safety feature, can disappear. I have talked to some who open the
bottle, remove the cap, then cut off the ring, then place the ring and cap
on a towel and both are counted after the oil change. I have always
recapped the bottles, but cannot say for sure that the ring was always there
as well.
Lowell
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