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I wonder whether a chain slipping through the oil would
really foam it up that badly. The oil in the rotors certainly get churned
into a foamy state. The old connection rod splash rod would really foam
the oil as it "beat" the oil several hundred times a minute - but I'll bet if
anything the chain will just created a small turbulent area around it but
not wide spread as it smoothly slips through the oil. Just
speculation, of course, never seen a chain running through oil.
Hi
Ed,
Good
point... As usual, I'm probably worrying about nothing. I know that
the RV-3 chain ran in the oil during climbs, because I had a
really hard leak to find. I could run the engine on the ground,
and it would never leak, but after a flight, there would be oil.
Eventually, after slopping grey sealer everywhere (sorry Rich),
I found the right place to put it.
If you
look at a 3rd gen REW front cover, you'll see that they added an extra bolt
near the top of the cover. The spot where they added the bolt used to
be a fairly long unsupported area, and it just happens to be right where
the oil chain slings oil at a high velocity. That's where it leaked of
course.
Rusty
(wondering if I can get away with one oil
drain)
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