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Tim, A couple of thoughts on your oily belly and dipstick discrepencies: When you reinsert the dipstick after wiping it, do you turn the cap to locked? If the dipstick is not straight on the cap, that could make a big difference. Consistency is important. You did NOT mention losing lots of oil during your flights. If you are, you might check this page: http://edburkhead.com/Ercoupe/oil_blow_out.htm Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the QQQ) -----Original Message----- From: Tim and Martha Briggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SPAM] [COUPERS-FLYIN] Dirty Belly - Oil level mystery ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Ercoupers: I have a question concerning the oil level in my O-200. The crankcase breather has a hose that carries blown oil down to the bottom of the engine compartment. I'm spewing a lot of oil into the nose bowl and out onto the belly. The max capacity is 6 quarts. After the plane has sat overnight, I pull out the dipstick without wiping and the oil level indicates a certain quantity - say 5 quarts. I wipe the dipstick clean and re-insert to its max depth, then pull it out again and it indicates at least a quart less. How is this possible? Today for example, the initial quantity (without wiping) indicated 5.5 quarts. I wiped clean and re-checked and it indicated 4 quarts. I added one quart and flew to Santa Monica (about a 1.4). Upon arrival, my nosewheel pant and nose bottom had a lot of oil on them. Same thing on the flight back. Any ideas as to what's going on here?? Which oil level would you believe? I'm now thinking the initial check is the correct one. Tim 1950 Ercoupe 415G ======================================================================== ====== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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