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| vtsteam:
I saw Bart Smaalders comment also re. his otter engine conversion: --- Quote ---The instructions for the Westinghouse engines (twin cylinder single acting like Otter) was to fill the crankcase with water and add some steam cylinder oil; this just worked really well for me and kept oil carry over down. --- End quote --- I just happen to have some steam oil -- bought a bottle of it at a small engine meet in Bernardston, MA a few years ago, and I've been looking at it on the shelf ever since! |
| DavidF:
hmm, not so sure about filling the crankcase with water, just sounds like a bad idea :loco: You will probably never keep all the condensate out of the crank case, just do your best to minimize it. Then again you could make a double acting cylinder and mount it to the deck of your block and use the existing piston as a cross head....But that probably isnt what you really want to accomplish on this project.... |
| vtsteam:
I don't know, David, Bart Smaalders has many years experience with his compressor conversion steam engine in his boat. If he says he ran it that way and it worked well, I believe him. On the other hand, simplest is best, and I'll just try it with conventional oil filled crankcase first. I don't think it would be a problem to run some copper steam line through the sump. With the head stopcock open I bet the engine, including the oil will warm up in a reasonable time, if lagged well. |
| DavidF:
who is bart and do you have a link to his work? It may work, but what about other problems once the engine is shut down? like things rusting up? Im not knocking what he is doing, but keeping as much condensate out of the crankcase as possible seems like a better idea to me.... I would like to read up some more on what he is doing though. |
| DavidF:
WO WAIT A MINUTE!!!! what if you filled the crankcase with a bit of antifreeze and oil?? the anti corrosion properties of the antifreeze would keep things from rusting and its also a mild lubricant and it could give a **** less if blended with a bit of water.... Hmm now thats interesting... |
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