<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 5/14/2003 6:02:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Eric.Henderson@gartner.com writes:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">One funny note is that although it advises running FAI fuel at the end of the day it will hardly run on it... any thoughts on the straight fuel...</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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We tried that down here in humid FLA, and it still caused bearing failure. It's the methanol that has to be burned off, since it will absorb water which facilitates early bearing failure. <BR>
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The method we have arrived at, is to burn all fuel out of the engine and use castor oil or synthetic as after run. I use 15 drops of oil and 15 turns to distribute. Webra bearings still silky smooth after 210 runs. OS 160 still silky smooth after 187 runs.<BR>
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Matt Kebabjian</FONT></HTML>