Hi T Owen, hope you are having a nice day
27-Apr-96 18:45:51, T Owen wrote to Jock Rogan
          Subject: Re: Steam Power ( time for new name!)
-=>> Quoting Jock Rogan to T Owen <=-
 JR>> I don't think that would be such a problem. Remembering that the
 JR>> lubrication  on a four stroke motor is achieved from "under" the
 JR>> combustion chamber - not from within as with two stroke motors.
 TO>  
 TO> True, but wouldn't the steam tend to strip lubricants, and end up in
 TO> the crankcase as well? I wonder. Maybe one of these days I will try
 TO> to retrofit an engine for this purpose. (I certainly have plenty of
 TO> old motors sitting around.) Take care.
Well..... Maybe. I think by changing the oil more often you could
get around it. Perhaps like car engines, if you reached a reasonable
operation temperature the water would be "boiled out" of the oil system.
It is also interesting to note that Strath Steam make a single cylinder
horizontal mill type engine. It has a 3" bore and a 4" stroke. It
seems this engine is rated as 5 horse power. Perhaps not a great output
but obviously enough to run a generator.
I must see if I can get permission to post the details here.
 -=> Yours sincerely, Jock Rogan <=-
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