US WWII fighter aircraft also had oil diluting using gasoline. Not
sure how it worked, but read about it in a couple of pilots
operating manuals. Also there was reference to it in my Yale
(BT-14) engine manual - add it in and let it burn off.
Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From: Edwin McCarroll <emccarroll@mco.edu>
To: <Mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: December 5, 2000 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Winter Oil -No lbc content
> Reminds me of something I read about re. how mystified the
Germans were on the Russian Front to see so many Russian planes
airborn during the bitterest cold days when the German planes were
so difficult to start. Later it was revealed that the Russians
used to add some gasoline (aircraft fuel) to the engine so it
would attain enough cranking speed to start. As the engines
warmed to temp., the gasoline would evaporate. I'm sure the
engines had a shortened life ultimately, but any port in a storm.
Anybody in Northern Canada or North Dakota like to try this and
tell us how it worked?
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