"Joseph H. Horton" <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> wrote: Thanks to all that sent notes of support. The event was not as bad as it my have sounded and I felt prepared for this one as having a windscreen visibility problem is something that I had been through in my mind many times. I check the engine over this morning and still could not find where the oil came from. It was just over a quart low so I did not loose as much as I had thought. William called tonight and gave me a very strong possibility. The air oil separator tube that goes over board may have froze up in the subfreezing temps and the crank case pressure forced the oil out the dipstick tube. The tube that I have is bent forward and ends at the forward edge of the right front cylinder which is the same place as my oil cooler. I was also in a steep left turn that may have helped the oil to the tube in the crank case. The other end of the story is the over flow tube is a tygon tube and I know for sure that the tie wrap holding it in place is making a partial restriction. I will check into this all further.
Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com Hi Joe, Glad to hear you and your plane are ok. I was wondering if an air tight seal along the top and perhaps the sides of the cowling would have prevented, or reduced the amount of oil that came up on the canopy. I'm just thinking out loud. I don'tknow how you constructed your cowling. Ron Smith Kr2ssxl Cypress Ca U.S.A. mercedesm...@yahoo.com http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
