Radial engine engine run

Ran the Continental w670 one last time before I sold it. I got coated with oil.

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• engine
• airplane
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• stearman

[Batgold]

It will be fine. Just keep the rpm's low and don't run it long. Check the cylinders for how hot they are getting.

[Seppidafist]

Maybe you should put the exhaust on the other side?

[SsjSned]

automatic rust prevention

[ideeman1994]

Are those delorean wheels?

[generalporfirioggonz]

turn the exaust to the back put a propeler there and now you have a nice and unique go kart

[Bamchucknorris]

@ORMEntertainment Bottom cylinders filled with crankcase oil.

[bebajoro77]

Perfectly normal smokey, oily radial engine start.  It's because oil drains into the lower cylinders while the engine's not runnning. And yes, like all air-cooled engines it will get hot quickly without either a prop or a fan blasting air over it.

[sainthelena1]

Hello. I have a 9cy lycoming r-680 and it was on a 30ft tower for a wind machine. It had a 100" prop on it. I put it on a trailer and was going to start it without a prop just

for a minute or two. Someone said that I would wreck the engine if I ran without a prop. Is this true? Thanks Mike.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@iggy151, yes they are

[charbilly2005]

Put a propeller on that damn thing so you can run it for more than 10 seconds at a time. It needs cooling.

[TheUnNerved]

@nibbler125 Not all radials were airplane motors.