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Standard procedure for cold-weather operations (trivia content) 900 1993

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posted by  lucid on  Thu Oct 22 02:06 CST 2009
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The old C-47 (DC-3) radial-engine goony birds had a built-in "Oil Dilution Valve"
that diverted raw fuel into each engine's oil tank.

The instructions were to dilute the oil for "X" seconds, just before engine shut-down. Dilution period X varied according anticipated low temp.

Apparently the radial's tolerated this treatment OK.

I once cut the oil an old beater Chevvy with kerosene for cold-weather operation.
Not unheard of in the early '50s.

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Bruce Young, '93 940-NA (current), 240s (one V8), 140s, 122s, since '63.






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