Author Topic: Uh-oh... (Read 405 times)

Chairboy · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2006, 12:26:01 PM »

To extend my apex seal life, I'll disable the oil hack and use something else. For the rest of y'all, the wankel rotary engines don't have a non-combustion stroke that can be used to lubricate the apex seal, sort of the equivalent of a piston ring in an OTTO IC. To get around this, Mazda engineers scavenge a little bit of crankcase oil and inject it with the fuel so that it lubricates the way a 2-stroke engine does.

Any grit in the crankcase oil acts like sandpaper and abrades the seal.

What I'll do is disable the scavenger and either mix 2-stroke or put in a 2-stroke oil injector so that the seals are fully lubricated. Should extend apex life and improve reliability.

Ok, Golfer should be here with some snark about automotive conversions on planes in 5... 4... 3... 2.....

Golfer · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2006, 12:39:45 PM »

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Your choice not mine

Chairboy · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2006, 12:50:04 PM »

heh heh

Elfie · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2006, 02:51:20 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman
These are also great ways to keep your wife from driving it as well.

RTSigma · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2006, 04:28:08 PM »

Gear indicators are nothing more than just a wire tied to the gear shifting crank from which you move it.

My Dakota's wire isn't connected, so I'm always in P when I'm driving

nirvana · « **Reply #20 on:** August 29, 2006, 04:33:45 PM »

If it's like Sigma said then it shouldn't be too much of a hassle because the shop will probably charge you $25 or whatever the going rate for a check out is, or they might do it for free if you are a constant customer. It's nothing serious and it won't affect drivability.