Reply To: Discovery in oil pan

[Gregory Long]

Bill: Goggles, leather helmet, gloves and a scarf around your neck, to pull up over your mouth so you don’t inhale the droplets of oil.

You do know that the WWI aircraft engines usually used a caster-oil based engine lubricant? It has better high temperature qualities than petroleum oils.. Castrol still makes a vegetable oil based engine oil.

But, the side effect was that the pilots breathed in the oil mist, droplets and crankcase fumes from the Castor-oil based engine oil.. And.. the laxative effect of the Castor Oil was a real problem for the pilots..

The scarf that is such a ‘symbol’ of the WWI pilot was used to breath through, to reduce the dose of Castor Oil you inhaled or swallowed on each flight.

So, I assume you did not use Vegetable oil based engine oil in your Morgan 3-wheeler?

Greg Long