Ghostrider
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| At the end of the flying day, disconnect the fuel line from the carburetor and run the engine at idle with the glow plug ignitor battery connected until the engine quits. Then make several attempts to start it until it will no longer fire. It will then be dry of fuel. You will not damage your engine running it in tis manner. Remove the glow plug battery connector. Open the throttle to full and inject a teaspoon or two of after-run oil into the carburetor air intake and turn the engine over by hand while you rotate it into a variety of positions. You may need to remove an air cleaner or other intake device to make access easier. A long, flexible tube on your oil can/bottle can help.
O.S. does state that you should not put a petroleum-based oil through the carburetor, but that refers to flowing it through the fuel passages. If you inject it through the carburetor air intake, you will be just fine. If you have a diaphragm pump on the engine, disconnect the pump line so that the oil does not damage the pump diaphragm.
You want to make sure the oil gets to the bearings. A few drops are useless, because there just won't be enough oil to do a good job of coating the internal parts. You cannot add too much after-run oil. If you have difficulty starting the first time at your next flying session, you've done a good job of coating the engine's internals.
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Bill Baxter, Manager Hobby Services
3002 N. Apollo Dr. Suite 1
Champaign, IL 61822
USA
Sam Gammo
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