[SEL] Sattley manual

Luke Tonneberger flywheelin at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 15 07:34:18 PDT 2005


Curt,

Could the higher drip rate have anything to do with burning kerosene for the 
fuel?

Luke Tonneberger
Rockford, Michigan
USA
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>From: Curt <curt at imc-group.com>
>
>Jeff,
>I thought your eBay comment was excellent!
>Reading the manual I was surprised at the factory recommendation of 5 drop 
>of cylinder oil per minute per HP. That's WAY more than I tend to run on my 
>engines and the pistons stay whetted with oil. I always figured if there 
>was excess oil running into the crank sump then there was plenty of 
>cylinder oil. I set mine on a few drops per minute regardless of HP. Maybe 
>I'm not oiling enough.
>How about the rest of you, what kind of oil rates do you use? What do you 
>use as a guide to say you're oiling enough?
>Curt Holland
>Gastonia, NC
>





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