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Thanks Steve So to reduce the oil in the drive reducing pressure and possibly extra heat, required both enlarging the rear bottom drain and adding a breather to the top of the drive. Steve Izett On 5 Mar 2021, at 3:19 am, Steven W. Boese SBoese@uwyo.edu <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: Both are possibilities. See archive message 64583, Jan 13, 2019. Steve Boese On Mar 4, 2021, at 12:51 AM, Stephen Izett stephen.izett@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: Whats the downside to the drive filling with oil? Pressurising the beast and its seals? Is there more frictional losses and heat? Steve Izett On 4 Mar 2021, at 2:35 pm, Sboese sboese@uwyo.edu <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: Finn, When I installed a vent in the top of my RD-1C drive it acted as an additional drain. The drive operated completely filled with oil until the size of the original rear drain was increased to an ID of ~5/8” (1/2” NPT pipe). Steve Boese -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html