bill.hutchison
Well Known Member
And the answer may be, "do nothing", but I'm curious and open to ideas.
The two photos show the bottom left and center of my cowl, which wraps around a carbureted O-360.
Yes, it's messy and yes, I did clean it up after I took the photo. It's blowing out some excess oil because I put 6 quarts in it and it prefers 5.5. This should stabilize soon with less mess, although I'm open to ideas on that one, too.
The main thing I'm interested in is cleaning up/fixing the crack and hole. The hole is for access to the gascolator, but it's not aligned very well and the actual gascolator drain is a bit high, which makes only certain sampler cups viable and they need longer wires to touch the drain.
Finally - would it make sense to install an air/oil separator? I'm dimly aware of how they work...the crankcase breather tube reaches down and vents just to the left of the left exhaust pipe. I'd like to do something cleaner/better but not sure what yet.
The two photos show the bottom left and center of my cowl, which wraps around a carbureted O-360.
Yes, it's messy and yes, I did clean it up after I took the photo. It's blowing out some excess oil because I put 6 quarts in it and it prefers 5.5. This should stabilize soon with less mess, although I'm open to ideas on that one, too.
The main thing I'm interested in is cleaning up/fixing the crack and hole. The hole is for access to the gascolator, but it's not aligned very well and the actual gascolator drain is a bit high, which makes only certain sampler cups viable and they need longer wires to touch the drain.
- Do I make the hole a little wider/bigger for better access to the gascolator?
- Do I just put filler in there, close it up and sand/paint?
- Is there something else better I should consider? What am I not thinking of?
Finally - would it make sense to install an air/oil separator? I'm dimly aware of how they work...the crankcase breather tube reaches down and vents just to the left of the left exhaust pipe. I'd like to do something cleaner/better but not sure what yet.