In a message dated 10/15/98 2:15:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] The idea of extending the breather through the fuselage is neither common nor a safe idea. There have been a number of inflight engine failures caused by moisture condensing and freezing inside the breather line plugging it so that the crankcase presurizes and some other seal fails usually releasing a substantial amount of oil. On engines with a constant speed prop the first the pilot knows of the failure is when the rpm changes because there is not enough oil left in the engine to run the prop govenor. Breather tubes must always remain above freezing which is not certain in the tail of the airplane. The suggestion of leading a tube to the nose gear opening is a much safer option. At the cost of oil it is cheaper to vent oil rather than install an air-oil seperator. My oil consumption has been a quart every two hours for the last 100 hours or so. The only really effective solution to your problem is new cyclinders but oil is cheap. Good luck, Bob Condon
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