dlloyd3
Well Known Member
Several weeks ago I bought and installed an oil separator and a vacuum valve sold by Anti Splat Aero. They shipped the same day as ordered and the parts looked very good. I mounted the separator on the engine mount using Adel clamps, ran the inlet plumbing to the breather, outlet air to the vacuum valve. That valve I had welded in place by a local hot rod fabrication shop. An oil return line was obtained from TS Flightlines and teed in to the #3 valve rocker drain.
A quart of oil every 5-6 hours was either leaking, going out the breather, or being burned. Results after 10 hours are there is no new oil on the belly of my airplane. No oil is leaking from the bottom of the accessory case. The 10 hours began showing 7 quarts on the dipstick. Now it is down to about 6.5. It has been too hot and bumpy to determine any power increase due to the lower crankcase pressure. But that doesn't matter--the belly is clean!
There have been a couple of threads discussing the pros (several) and cons of using the vacuum valve in addition to a separator as well a a thread introducing Anti Splat Aero separator. Can't believe I waited this long.
A quart of oil every 5-6 hours was either leaking, going out the breather, or being burned. Results after 10 hours are there is no new oil on the belly of my airplane. No oil is leaking from the bottom of the accessory case. The 10 hours began showing 7 quarts on the dipstick. Now it is down to about 6.5. It has been too hot and bumpy to determine any power increase due to the lower crankcase pressure. But that doesn't matter--the belly is clean!
There have been a couple of threads discussing the pros (several) and cons of using the vacuum valve in addition to a separator as well a a thread introducing Anti Splat Aero separator. Can't believe I waited this long.