[SEL] Sattley manual/Now PURE BS!

Rob Skinner rskinner at rustyiron.com
Thu Jun 16 07:43:30 PDT 2005


> Perhaps one of us can come up with a wise old 
> sage that actually used one of these engines and knows the 
> drip rate for an engine used as it was intended to be used.


There is only ONE way to conclusively determine the most economical drip rate at
which you can run your engine.  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, because
they're wrong.  Luckily, it's easy to determine the drip rate that will save you
the most money on oil consumption.

Run the engine at full load.  Start at three drops per horsepower per minute.
After one hour, decrease the drip rate by one drop per minute.  After another
hour, decrease the drip rate again.  Continue with this system until black metal
filings start coming out of the back of the cylinder or sparks start coming out
the exhaust, then adjust the oiler to the previous hour's drip rate.  






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