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Old 08-24-2006, 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by kartweb
I don't know much about blowby on a rotory but I would bet it's higher then a piston motor.

The typical piston motor pumps about a pound of unburned hydrocarbons in the oil about every 1000 miles. about 80" of those are volitiles that boil off. About 1% of that is tar, or roughly 5 grams. The other 19% that stays behind isn't exactly what I would call a good lubricant.

No matter wht the claims are about the composition of the oil new, by 3000 miles it's time to change - it ain't the same stuff that came out of the bottle.
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you dont. so when you compare a typical piston motor to a 1.3 l rotory... that puts out as much as a 3l piston motor you are going to look like an ***...

so start with bobtheoilguy and get back to us...

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