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From: "Steve Brooks" <prvt_pilot@yahoo.com>
To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Need Advise
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:07:04 -0500
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Finn,

Seems if you run the engine much above 5000 RPM and slosh the oil around
the pan (bit of yanking and banking) you'll see oil coming out the vent.
Do you have a plate between the engine and oil pan?

Yes, I have a CCI mount which uses the thick aluminum plate sandwiched
between the housings and oil pan.  I'm not sure how or why I overfilled it,
but at any rate, I thought that it was low, and added oil.  I need to mark
my dipstick with a full mark that takes the plate thickness into account,
about a 1/2" I guess.


If the amount oil vented is the same as amount scavanged from the
gas/oil mixture, just consider yourself lucky that you don't have to
drain oil between oil changes and consider it an anti-corrosion measure.
Oh, never mind, you's a plastic plane.

Maybe it will keep my engine mount and aileron push tubes well lubed.

Steve

Steve Brooks wrote:

>Rusty,I'll have to take a look at this more when I get
>back home.  I'm staying with freinds and using their
>computer, which is definitely bandwidth challenged.
>
>I don't like the sounds of the side seal issue, but I
>hope it is something simple.  I've got about 12 hours
>on the engine since overhaul, and don't know why I
>would have a side seal issue now, but who knows.
>
>One thing that I forgot to mention.... it only does it
>while flying.  I ran it on the ground with the cowling
>off for a total of 15 minutes or so.  Not a drop.
>That included some full power runs up to about 40 kts
>or so.
>
>Maybe the hose location is the issue and has to have
>flying speeds ?  Don't know.  Wishful thinking maybe
>
>
>Steve
>--- Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>


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