The only way to find a small oil leak is to get the entire engine completely clean and DRY. Wash it down with varsol and rinse with water then blow dry with a leaf blower. Then run the engine for a minute and diligently search for the source of the leak. Trying to find a small leak on an oily engine is an exercise in futility. As all things airplane related, the only correct way is usually the hardest. Bill
To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:46 -0800 Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Oil Ed, So, how does he do it? Anxious 'Coupers are waiting to know.... (This would make a terrific stand-alone seminar at Nationals!) For the first year or so of owning it, I never saw oil on the outside of my 'Coupe. Ever since, no matter what any of the A&P/AIs do, there's at least a little around the cowl door, and sometimes light oil splatters on the landing gear or tail, too. Most recently, the AI who did the annual this summer changed the crankshaft seal a couple of times, and seemed to think that would stop it. While there's less, there is still some. And with the Sky Sprite due back from the painters in just a couple of weeks now, I'd *love* to get that solved. While the suggestions of ever-changing oil-colored paint schemes have a certain panache, it's not quite the decor I had in mind... Linda 4c. Re: Oil Posted by: "Ed Burkhead" [email protected] edburkhead Date: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:19 pm ((PST)) James Ayres quipped: > I told my A&P that my continental was leaking oil. He > asked if there was oil in it. I replied yes. he said then it > will leak. Actually, I have seen one C-85 that leaked no oil. John Wright, Jr....<snip> There was not a drop of oil on the engine or anywhere else. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/
