I did a 2500 mile oil change, and i cut open the filter afterwards. After removing the filter media. Seeing the normal amount of metal flakes, i also noticed it had a heavy smell of fuel. Is that normal for a rotary engine? It has 60k on the rebuilt engine. It has stock internals, and its an NA.

 

normal...

 

Alright cool i was hoping so. I asked my boss and had him take a look and he was not sure. He is an airplane mechanic and hasnt worked with rotary engines.

 

You will get weird looks if you try to dump the oil at those parts stores. All you need to say is it's rotary engine oil : )

 

I always dump it at a local jiffy lube and they have never said anything. Sometimes they are wondering why it looks so clean.