X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <colyncase@earthlink.net> Received: from elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTP id 6510566 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:20:07 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.69; envelope-from=colyncase@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=Ovik0ZiLEA7kzIpRS16xXripXDx6NPU5dbWRRQwvvEenIk1Y2OrJg21eezF9+dHq; h=Received:From:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:To:References:Message-Id:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [71.161.219.193] (helo=[192.168.1.104]) by elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from <colyncase@earthlink.net>) id 1VUNdr-0002p8-UJ for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:19:32 -0400 From: Colyn Case <colyncase@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-142--594154339 Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Air/Oil Separator on IO-550N Engine? Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:19:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <list-6510425@logan.com> To: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net> References: <list-6510425@logan.com> Message-Id: <C1A6832A-A122-4A2D-ACB2-0056F2D09597@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-ELNK-Trace: 63d5d3452847f8b1d6dd28457998182d7e972de0d01da940b2c83a7a897df6ce94bb2eb9af0c44c6350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 71.161.219.193 --Apple-Mail-142--594154339 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Valin, not recommended unless you can insure the air going into the = separator is above 212 dF. Else you will condense out water and put it = back in your engine. Talk to the Air Wolf folks if you want to hear more. On Oct 10, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Douglas Brunner wrote: My engine seems to blow a fair amount of oil (Reman, 10:1 compression) = and I have an air/oil separator. =20 I think it will depend on what your engine does. =20 From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = Paul Miller Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:04 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: Air/Oil Separator on IO-550N Engine? =20 Don't have. Don't need. Virtually no oil loss from vents. Factory new = 750TT. =20 On 2013-10-10, at 9:58 AM, "Valin & Allyson Thorn" = <thorn@starflight.aero> wrote: =20 Hey LML gang, we=92re finalizing our firewall layout and the Lancair = Legacy manual says the Continental IO-550 engine does not require an = air/oil separator. Still, I=92ve noticed some IO-550=92s flying with = them and some without. Would appreciate advice from the community on = whether we should install one=85 =20 Thanks, =20 Valin Thorn Legacy Project Boulder, Colorado =20 =20 --Apple-Mail-142--594154339 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><base href=3D"x-msg://688/"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; ">Valin, not recommended unless you can insure = the air going into the separator is above 212 dF. Else you will = condense out water and put it back in your engine.<div>Talk to the Air = Wolf folks if you want to hear more.</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 10, = 2013, at 3:49 PM, Douglas Brunner wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">My = engine seems to blow a fair amount of oil (Reman, 10:1 compression) and = I have an air/oil separator.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I = think it will depend on what your engine = does.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style=3D"border-right-style: = none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: = initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; = border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; = padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: = 0in; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: = 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, = sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lancair Mailing List = [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Paul = Miller<br><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, October 10, 2013 = 1:04 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a= = href=3D"mailto:lml@lancaironline.net">lml@lancaironline.net</a><br><b>Subj= ect:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[LML] Re: = Air/Oil Separator on IO-550N = Engine?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: = 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Don't have. Don't need. = Virtually no oil loss from vents. Factory new = 750TT.<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: = 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On 2013-10-10, at 9:58 = AM, "Valin & Allyson Thorn" <<a = href=3D"mailto:thorn@starflight.aero" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; ">thorn@starflight.aero</a>> = wrote:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, = 121); ">Hey LML gang, we=92re finalizing our firewall layout and the = Lancair Legacy manual says the Continental IO-550 engine does not = require an air/oil separator.<span = class=3D"apple-converted-space"> </span> Still, I=92ve noticed = some IO-550=92s flying with them and some without. <span = class=3D"apple-converted-space"> </span>Would appreciate advice = from the community on whether we should install one=85</span><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, = 121); "> </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century = Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121); ">Thanks,</span><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, = 121); "> </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century = Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121); ">Valin Thorn</span><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, = 121); ">Legacy Project</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, = 121); ">Boulder, Colorado</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, = 121); "> </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></div></span></div><br></div></body><= /html>= --Apple-Mail-142--594154339--