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Jet engines constantly pump oil under pressure between the stator and rotors to provide lubricant for the radial bearings while sealing and cleaning them. It’s
by civilitty 3y ago
Jet engines constantly pump oil under pressure between the stator and rotors to provide lubricant for the radial bearings while sealing and cleaning them. It’s a completely different kind of oil to the kind you’d find in a piston engine and operates at a much higher temperature.
- mulmen 3y agoAgreed but what’s the service interval on that oil? Does it get changed regularly or just topped off? It’s a piston plane but my understanding of the DC-3 is that it runs out of fuel around the same time it runs out of oil.