[F500] Mixing Oil and Gas

[Eric D. Christensen]

Sure, it is one more thing that can fail. But in practice, I've never
seen a Rotax oil injector fail.

The oil injection system is pretty key to the reliability and power of
the Rotax engine. Unlike the Kawasaki, where removing it was viable, I
really wouldn't advise doing that to a Rotax. You will likely end up
with all sorts of bottom end lubrication problems and advanced wear.
Crankshafts are expensive.....

On a side note, removing the oil injection makes the car illegal for
SCCA racing.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: f500-admin at www.f500.org
> [mailto:f500-admin at www.f500.org]On Behalf
> Of James S. Kellar
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:08 AM
> To: f500 at www.f500.org
> Subject: Re: [F500] Mixing Oil and Gas
>
>
> Philip.W.Green at jci.com wrote:
>
> > Why do you want to eliminate the oil injection?
>
> Murphy's law!
>
> My feeling is that anything that is mechanical utilizing
> plastic hoses is
> subject to failure. Maybe I'm wrong but it was just a thought.
>
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