Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:20:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rook.innercite.com ([158.222.5.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b1) with ESMTP id 1249243 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 28 May 2002 08:30:33 -0400 Received: from colwell (host-227-253.dialup.innercite.com [158.222.227.253]) by rook.innercite.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4SBUUN08247; Tue, 28 May 2002 04:30:30 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <000001c20643$c061b700$fde3de9e@colwell> From: "Steve & Claudette Colwell" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Original-Cc: References: Subject: Re: [LML] Oil from Front of Engine X-Original-Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:30:56 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Here's a possible. You could have iced over the crankcase breather exit and pressurized the case. It happened to a friend under very similar conditions. The fix is a aft facing hole about 1 or 2 inches from the end of the breather pipe or routing the vent within 1/4 inch of the top of an exhaust pipe just below the firewall (this also helps vaporize the oil/water vented for a cleaner belly). While I am talking about crankcase vents, I should mention "Air/Oil Separators". I have one of the Aircraft Spruce variety on my O-360 in a RV6. Instead of returning the aprox. 80% oil, 20% water to my crankcase, I have a 12oz catch can with a screw on lid to hold the blowby liquid. Three reasons, one is to minimize the belly stains. Two is to monitor the volume and mix accumulated between 25 hour oil changes. Three is to keep this oil/moisture/acid from returning to the crankcase. Steve Colwell Legacy 2K Placerville,CA (530) 621-3408 >