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Old 03-25-2011, 03:36 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Kentetsu View Post
On my old 12a I had a lot of oil burning issues also. Mostly when letting off at high rpms (would put out a smoke cloud to put James Bond to shame).

I tried adding a quart of Lucas Heavy Duty Oil Stabilizer (in place of a quart of oil), and it actually worked very well. I would guess it eliminated about 90% of the problem. Later I tried the Lucas brand of oil (non-synthetic, but they have both types) and it performed just as well. Now that's all I run in my rotary.



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Interesting. Maybe I'll try that.
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