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Engine basics => Engine set up tips => Topic started by: Tim Wescott on August 28, 2016, 04:07:31 PM
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I searched and read, and didn't find anything. How much oil for an Enya 19 IV? How much of it can be synthetic?
I have GMA fuel -- is 11/11 synthetic/castor enough?
Failing that, I'd like to be able to just buy fuel at the LHS and bring the total oil up to 25% with castor, but at best this will leave me with about 1/3 castor and the rest synthetic -- will that be enough?
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Tim, I run my Enya .19 on GMA 10/22. Enya recommends 20% oil for that engine all of it being castor. What I did find out is that when I used Sig Champion which was 25% oil all castor, the engine would just shut off like someone turned off the switch. I was using good hot plugs equally and it still happened until I reduced the oil.
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Tim, I run my Enya .19 on GMA 10/22. Enya recommends 20% oil for that engine all of it being castor. What I did find out is that when I used Sig Champion which was 25% oil all castor, the engine would just shut off like someone turned off the switch. I was using good hot plugs equally and it still happened until I reduced the oil.
Thanks Kenneth. That works for me, at least until I run out of GMA.
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Most Enyas I have are pretty tough and not too picky on fuel as long as there is enough oil. I run mine on either my Fox- type mix 8/29 25 Klotz/75 castor or my regular stunt brew 15/23 50/50 Klotz/castor all Byrons to which I add the nessessary oil. The higher oil fuel makes them run a little smoother at a small power loss over the other. In cooler weather maybe a little better to run the 23% oil. Good for .09-.45. Those .19s are real power makers!
Dave
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Those .19s are real power makers!
I haven't had it on a plane yet so I can't attest to that -- but I can say that there's bucketloads of them on eBay, at good prices!
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Yes they are plentiful and have always been overlooked- I think because they used to be pretty expensive on the dealer shelves compared to others. Their quality speaks to how many good ones survive today to be sold on the Bay. I just counted I've bought 20 Enyas there with only one bad one -a .40 CX that was a junker. My .19s are almost too much juice for the Flying Clowns and surely too much for my Guillows Trainer II. They'd pull a regular Ringmaster or a light Dolphin easily. I run these mostly on some old O&R 9-5 wood I have a few of.
Dave
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My .19s are almost too much juice for the Flying Clowns ...
Funny you should mention that -- that's where this one is going. But it's for Northwest Clown Racing, so I hope that too much will be OK.
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Yes that would be good. They like to run best nearly wide open anyway. I'm thinking to blow up plans I have for the Shark 15 to around 40" and build one for the grandson with a .19 on it. He has a .15 on his Sig Acromaster which seems perfect.
Dave
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I have several 15s and a 19 and I've been running them on GMA 10/22 plus 3% to bring total oil content to 25%. They all run just fine and the 11% synthetic keeps them running clean. I standardized this mix for all my Enyas, which all came off Ebay except the 35-6001.
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I would definitely go with a synthetic mix and not over 25% on the oil. I had the same flame out problem with an Enya 35 when I used 28% oil. It would just quit dead. Runs fine on 22% as does my old Enya 19. Good luck.