On 11/03/2015 7:58 p.m., Larry Dighera wrote:

My understanding is that the increased clearance between cylinders and pistons
required to accommodate the thermal expansion of air-cooled IC engines results
in excessive oil consumption. But I'm no certified mechanic...


On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:41:43 +0000 (UTC), Dallas
wrote:

Why do reciprocal engines burn so much oil?

I've always wanted to know...

And then there's the dry sumps systems