Do 2-stroke engines have oil filter?

On Dec 13, 10:09�am, "peter" <nos....DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote:

> So where do the metal filings (wear off from engine parts) go? Do they get
> ejected out the exhaust?.

If some steel part, like the needle bearing in the top of a rod, was
shedding metal, the engine would occasionally stop running when the
spark plug gap was bridged.

You might be mystified as to the source of the bridging and wonder if
you were maintaining your air filter properly. Then, one day, your
machine might quit in the middle of a race and you might wonder where
the rod bearing went when you tore the engine down.

Don't ask how I know this...
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peter <nospam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote:

> It is my impression that 2-stroke engines don't have oil filter.
>
> So where do the metal filings (wear off from engine parts) go? Do they get
> ejected out the exhaust?

Bits of piston, ring, reed valve, power valve, yesterday's copy of the
Times - anything and evertthing gets chucked out of a stroker's exhaust.


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The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>peter <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> It is my impression that 2-stroke engines don't have oil filter.
>>
>> So where do the metal filings (wear off from engine parts) go? Do they get
>> ejected out the exhaust?
>
>Bits of piston, ring, reed valve, power valve, yesterday's copy of the
>Times - anything and evertthing gets chucked out of a stroker's exhaust.
>
If you blow them up thoroughly enough then bits will end up in the inlet
tract as well - when I killed my LC I found one circlip in the reed
block & the other in the spanny.
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peter wrote:
> It is my impression that 2-stroke engines don't have oil filter.
>
> So where do the metal filings (wear off from engine parts) go? Do they get
> ejected out the exhaust?
>
>
Only if they have an oil base. Most don't. 2 stroke Detroits have oil
filters.
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"Buteo lineatus" <Buteo.lineatus.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 13, 10:09?am, "peter" <nos....TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote:

>> So where do the metal filings (wear off from engine parts) go? Do they
>> get
>> ejected out the exhaust?.

>If some steel part, like the needle bearing in the top of a rod, was
>shedding metal, the engine would occasionally stop running when the
>spark plug gap was bridged.

>You might be mystified as to the source of the bridging and wonder if
>you were maintaining your air filter properly. Then, one day, your
>machine might quit in the middle of a race and you might wonder where
>the rod bearing went when you tore the engine down.

Plug bridging - usually called "whiskers" - on 2-strokes is most commonally
deposited carbon not metal, caused by poor quality oil or having the
fuel:oil ratio too high either in the premix or pump settings. This can
also occur if the transmission seals fail and gearbox oil is sucked into the
crackcase.

>Don't ask how I know this...

You *assumed* the bridged plug and mechanical failure were linked. Main
bearing failure can cause the trans seals to leak but the connection to the
plug bridging is secondary.


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