Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.63] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 609681 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:02:28 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.63; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [24.238.206.157] (helo=earthlink.net) by smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CqO5X-0001aF-Vd for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:02:00 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Q6TEszhTNNoUVFvdCtJpND4+YPPVezp1DI6uH/zocaG4eeC//irQaYv9Z2pTlskF; Message-ID: <41EB3840.4070409@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:00:00 -0600 From: David Staten Reply-To: Dastaten@earthlink.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Need Advise References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd48b3707d0b9f5e0dd31b1aae96ce89982ca2d4e88014a4647c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.238.206.157 On a side note to this.. I trimmed 1/2" from the oil dipstick standpipe to account for the engine mount thickness across the oil pan, so that the stock dipstick reads true.

Dave Staten

Steve Brooks wrote:

I flew the plane today, and I have a new problem that
has cropped up.  I had some oil discharge from the
crankcase vent tube.

I have never had any oil come out of it before, and up
until a month ago, it was just hanging open.  I did
connect about an 18" piece of tubing to it, and just
have it sticking out above the intake manifold.

Today I made 2 flight, both were short, about twice
around the pattern and landed.

I had oil on the cowling inside and out after both
flights.  The total oil ejected was probably about a
cup, or cup and a half.

After the first time.  The oil was still right up to
the full mark, which is really over full, since the
mounting plate adds a half inch to the oil pan depth.
I am wondering if being overfull was the cause.

Originally there was a tube from the crankcase vent to
a fitting on the side of the filler tube.  It has been
just hanging open since I started flying, and has
never ejected any oil before.

Does anyone have any thoughts as to why this has
suddenly started ?

All temps and oil pressure are normal.

Steve Brooks
Cozy MKIV
Turbo Rotary,

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