| 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. I think it will depend on what your engine does. From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Paul Miller
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Subject: [LML] Re: Air/Oil Separator on IO-550N Engine? Don't have. Don't need. Virtually no oil loss from vents. Factory new 750TT. Hey LML gang, we’re finalizing our firewall layout and the Lancair Legacy manual says the Continental IO-550 engine does not require an air/oil separator. Still, I’ve noticed some IO-550’s flying with them and some without. Would appreciate advice from the community on whether we should install one… |