Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.73] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 767584 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:15:32 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.73; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050303011446.ROPB29384.imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:14:46 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] minor oil leak Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:15:37 -0600 Message-ID: <002e01c51f8e$81ecbd00$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002F_01C51F5C.37524D00" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C51F5C.37524D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm beginning to suspect that there's a very small leak at the back of = the engine (pusher) near the flywheel. There's a small pool in the open part = of the housing below the flywheel. Has anyone else seen this? =20 You could have a small leak around the rear seal, or you could have a = leak on the seal of the redrive. Can you see any evidence that it's running = down the rear housing, or the mount plate? Is your redrive oil drain OK? =20 =20 BTW, have you run a compression test yet? Planning to? =20 =20 Rusty (please don't make me read your whole log )=20 ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C51F5C.37524D00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
I'm beginning to suspect that there's a very = small leak=20 at the back of the engine (pusher) near the flywheel. There's a small = pool in=20 the open part of the housing below the = flywheel.
Has anyone else seen = this?
 
You could have a small leak around the rear seal, or you could = have a=20 leak on the seal of the redrive.  Can you see any = evidence that=20 it's running down the rear housing, or the mount plate?  Is your = redrive=20 oil drain OK?  
 
BTW, have you run a compression test yet?  Planning=20 to?  
 
Rusty (please don't make me read your whole log=20 <g>) 
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