[SEL] Novo I Bought

[Arnie Fero]

Hi Dave,

Pull one of the hand-hole covers and see how much oil/water/stuff is
in the crankcase.  Then drain the mung that's in there, clean it well with
kero, and add some fresh oil.  You want the nuts on the end of the con rod
to _just_ dip into the oil; maybe 1/8", no more.

I'm guessing that you may have more fluid than that in the crankcase
which is splashing up into the cylinder.

And for what its worth, most of the Novo "S" engines that I've seen do
smoke some, but not as much as the Novo in your pics.  Helps to keep the
area mosquito free.  8-))

See ya,  Arnie

PS - Don't forget to turn the oiler back on and set it to ~1 drop per
minute / hp.

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Dave Ernst wrote:

> This poor thing sat outside for a long time and had water in it everywhere. I cleaned it up and fired it for the first time today. I has excellent compression, but smokes heavily. I ran it for about a half hour and it didn't clean up much.
> These things have oil rings? I did find the oiler was dumping way too much oil in the cylinder so I disconnected it, but that didn't help much.
> Ideas?
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3009545
> look under Novo