Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #50029
From: Steve Colwell <mcmess1919@yahoo.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: water in the oil sump
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:03:10 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>

If you don’t have a Oil Cooler Door that would probably help more than anything to get the oil temp up quickly and hold it above 175 degrees to vaporize crankcase moisture.  If you are returning the drain on the Air/Oil Separator to the crankcase that could be contributing to the problem.  I like draining the Separator to a catch tank.  That avoids returning the water with acids to the engine.  An additional advantage is it allows you to monitor how much blow by oil and water is occurring between oil changes. 

 

Steve Colwell  aka Claudette’s husband

 

 

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