Has anyone ever heard of or tried using diesel oil in your rex?

 

Why would you?

 

Diesel motor oil has a better additive package due to the worse byproducts that diesels produce and the extended drain intervals in diesel engines

Since motor oil should be changed every 2-3k miles, then there is no benefit using a diesel motor oil.

But, since diesels operate at higher oil pressures, diesel motor oil has better anti-foaming additives. This might benefit the higher rpm rotary engine if oil control is a problem.

 

Would you have to make changes with regard to EMS, exhaust setup and fuel injectors if you chose to run diesel?

Sounds like a fun project (for somebody else to try. )


If you check out Rotary Power International's website, they've burned all sorts of goo in their power-generating rotary motors, including diesel and biomass.

 

Amur: not using diesel fuel right...just motor oil. or am i an idiot?

 

Is RPI using it? Yup.

http://www.rotarypowerinternational.com/

Biomass:
http://www.rotarypowerinternational....%20Gallery.htm

Deisel:
http://www.rotarypowerinternational.com/PR021009.htm

http://www.rotarypowerinternational....t/70rota~1.pdf
(you'll need to have Acrobat Reader to view the 2nd link.)

 

no no amur i meant the actual poster was referring to diesel engine OIL not diesel fuel. i know RPI has been using diesel in there engines you are right. i wasnt trying to be a dick or anything just saying that he didnt mean diesel fuel

 

I missed the distinction.

 

dude, i can see it now...AMERICA LOOSES WAR BECAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE OF TANKS...or...TANK LOOSES APEX SEAL lol

 

If the US GOV used the rotary (of coarse not true untill maybe 2007) IT WOULD KICK ***!!!!! Sorry but Bush needs to stop sitting on the pot and ****!!!! whos with me, please don't tell me this forum is a bunch of Liberals!!!

 

RETED uses Shell Rotella 15W40
that is diesel motor oil

i've used it too... i think its the best compromise between 20W50 and 10W30


see this thread

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=rotella

 

rotella is fantastic oil.... If it came in 20-50 I would use it... I may still..

 

I had a look at those links and I didn't see where RETed said that he was using that particular brand... Where does he say that?

 

Found it:
Didn't I just post I use Shell Rotella-T?



-Ted

 

doh

Yes, it's typically used for diesel engines, but it also passes current gasoline engine standards (SH?).



-Ted

 

why? so tanks get 1mpg instead of 4?

 

yeah but they would rev to like 12k rpms and the rotary sound would be awesom.

I can see it now. the Panzer Seven. lol I wonder what they would use like a 44B

 

Oh Yeah, a rotroy instead of a turbine engine, I could see the advatage now. The enemy would think a giant swarm of killer bee's is coming to eat them all alive. Instead of an M1 abrams coming to shoot them all. Wow, how did I not see the advantage no confrontation. He He He Ha Ha

 

Plus if they stuck around theyd all go deaf...