Re: non-lbc

[FW Underwood <funder77@ix.netcom.com>]

Ellen Kratz wrote:

> .A buddy of mine said that the garage called and
> > said that his 87 Mazda> RX-7 has gas in the oil and it ate the turbo
> bearings. How can gas get in > to the oil on this car?
>
> Thank Wankel-

the design of the engine geometry - combustion chambers- would allow for
leakage into the crank lubrication- which also provided the oil-cooling &
lubrication for the turbo, allowed for oil degradation that lead to the bearing
's demise?

Cheers,
Frank