Synthetic Oil

Bad analagy.

The requirement for turbine oil is completely different than for piston
engine oil. Turbines are all ball bearing and don't have parts sliding
against others. The loads in turbines are much lower than in piston
engines. For instance the torque developed in the core of my 1000hp TPE-331
engines in only 131 lb. ft. whereas a 300hp IO 540 developes about 600lb ft.
The critical components in a piston engine from a lubrication standpoint are
the cam and lifters which can have loads of over 100,000psi at the interface
between them.

All this means that piston engines require a different oil than turbines.
If you had put turbine engine oil in your piston engine, it would be junk
now.

Mike
MU-2

"kevin" wrote in message
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Dan Thompson wrote:
I hadn't heard that, Kevin. That Amsoil sounds interesting. Do you
know
anyone I could buy some from?
"kevin" wrote in message
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Is anyone running Amsoil 10-40 full synthetic. I have heard some pilots
run this in light singles. I realize it is not certified , so they must
think full synthetic is better than dino oil .



I buy mine from their website. I changed my cars to full synthetic after
my friend
who's son is a chrew chief in the AF said they ran only synthetic oil
in the AF turbines. If synthetic can stand up to the high operating
temps of turbines, with the rpm's they turn, and not break down or boil
it would have to protect a recip engine better than dino oil. That
should translate into a large increase in engine life. If it will
protect the engine better i dont care if is FAA certified or not. They
are not the one depending on the engine , I am.