Ok, may not spews but definitely lubricates the belly!
Looking for recommendations -
The situation:
RV9A with Lycoming 0-320 E3D (150 hp)
Catto 3 Blade FP prop (not that it matters)
Air/Oil Separator (the one Van's sells) installed
The Problem:
After every flight, I get to crawl under the airplane and wipe off the oil that is spewed out of the oil breather line. Not a lot of oil (not enough to drip) but enough to bug the %x#* out of me and after 3 or four hours of flight it goes all the way to the tail.
I have allowed the engine oil level to decline to 6 quarts. I have positioned and re-positioned the breather tube everywhere from about an inch above the exhaust pipe to as much as 3 inches above the exhaust. And still I have oil.........
Multiple detailed cowling-off inspections have failed to reveal any other source of the oil. The end of the breather tube always has a ring of oil beaded up on the edge and visible oil up into the tube. The exhaust stack is discolored from the effect of burning off the oil that lands on it.
Suggestions and recommendations or your experience? Van's support reply was "I run mine down to 6 quarts and it is pretty good there".
Keith
N355RV
20 hours flying
Looking for recommendations -
The situation:
RV9A with Lycoming 0-320 E3D (150 hp)
Catto 3 Blade FP prop (not that it matters)
Air/Oil Separator (the one Van's sells) installed
The Problem:
After every flight, I get to crawl under the airplane and wipe off the oil that is spewed out of the oil breather line. Not a lot of oil (not enough to drip) but enough to bug the %x#* out of me and after 3 or four hours of flight it goes all the way to the tail.
I have allowed the engine oil level to decline to 6 quarts. I have positioned and re-positioned the breather tube everywhere from about an inch above the exhaust pipe to as much as 3 inches above the exhaust. And still I have oil.........
Multiple detailed cowling-off inspections have failed to reveal any other source of the oil. The end of the breather tube always has a ring of oil beaded up on the edge and visible oil up into the tube. The exhaust stack is discolored from the effect of burning off the oil that lands on it.
Suggestions and recommendations or your experience? Van's support reply was "I run mine down to 6 quarts and it is pretty good there".
Keith
N355RV
20 hours flying