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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Rotary vs. Piston Engines
- Message-ID: <184170@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 22:19:37 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- >
- >In a previous article, lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) says:
- >
- >>In article <Nov05.024942.84051@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> cc433336@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Constantinos A. Caroutas) writes:
- >>>>How is the rotory lubricated? Does oil get into the fuel?
- >>>
- >>>Yes, by design, rotary engines burn oil.
- >>
- >
- >> So do piston engines. I dunno about other owners, but my rotary
- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- >> uses LESS oil than a Nissan Maxima when both are driven by me in
- >> the same manner.
- >
- In article <1dc6m6INNh7k@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
- >i do not know how you can claim this. I drive the hell out of my car,
- >admitadly, i would never want to buy a car i had driven. However, i have
- >driven two four cyl. putmobiles, and neither of them used a drop of oil
- >ever! i change oil every 2-3k.(occassionally i let it slip to 5, but not
- SIMPLE. I drive both cars regularly and check the oil at least
- once a week. Of course it is a complete surprise to me that you
- consider yourself qualified to comment on either a Mazda RX-7 or
- a Nissan Maxima. One is a rotary and the other is a V-6.
-
- What that has to do with your 4-banger experience is beyond me?
- >:-)
-
- >if i can help it!!), have put close to 20k on my car in the last year,
- >well over half of that, i'm sure is at full throttle, either passing,
- >cruising :->, or just trying to get on the freeway. my car has 98k on
- >it, and uses no oil whatsoever. not even a touch lower on the ds.(of
- >course, you could use the argument that i haven't gotten out the graduated
- >cylinders and syringes yet, but that'd be silly!..:-) )
- >
- 20K miles isn't even broken in. The rotary in question has over
- 100K miles and consumption hasn't changed in the last 70K miles.
- The Nissan Maxima (actually 2 of them) was an 87 with 127K miles
- of experience and a 91 with over 38K miles already.
-
- Both Maximas use more oil with a lead foot than the rotary.
-
- And so have several 4 bangers I've owned, including a Porsche, MG,
- TR (well, ok, it leaked most of it), and a flat-6 and a V-8 Chev.
-
-
- >
- >
- >BTW.i told how many miles i've put on just in case you thought it might
- >not be getting lubed properly, but i do not see how it could have lasted
- >20k, let alone the rest of themiles, w/o grenading or freezind if it were
- >improperly lubed.
-
- As noted, 20K is a pretty small sample. Call back after a half
- dozen cars or so...or 100K miles of abuse.
-