Subject: oil filler pipe
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 3/15/2011, 5:37 PM
To: AAA Put this in the To box


Paul,
           Just setting up the oil filler to find the factory set up is
very complicated, which is easily by passed. That leaves the question of
a breather.  What have others done?? I am tempted to simply put a
breather pipe into the intake somewhere.   Neil.

Well Tracy had to build an air oil separator because he modified the
RX8 center housing.  I think feeding it into the intake manifold is OK.

The rotary does not use a lot of oil if you mix 2 cycle oil with the
fuel.
In fact some survives and make its way to the oil pan increasing the
volume of oil in the pan. Therefore I would change the oil about every
50 hours.

Paul Lamar

Think that over carefully. On my son's rototiller, apparently somehow a
slug of oil went through the breather hose into the carburetor intake,
stopped engine, great cloud of smoke, lots more trouble followed.

Al Rees

That was a piston engine. The rotary has very little blow by.

Paul Lamar
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