From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Oil on the belly
To: lml
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:46:29 -0400
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Posted for Tammy and Mike Salzman <arrow54t@yahoo.com>:

  Don,
  
  I have no oil on the belly of my ES.  Sometimes I get a little grime
  probably from the cylinder drains after priming and the exhaust has oil
  entrained in it as well.  Instead of an air/oil separator, I installed
  a catch can.  One source is:
  
  http://www.bakerprecision.com/catchcan.htm
  
  Do a search for "Catch can" and you'll find several variations.
  
  I had to insert a piece of fuel cell foam in the filter on top of the
  can to condense the oil better.  Initially, I had some oil exiting the
  filter.  It's always been clean for the last 50 hours.  Now have 60 on
  the airframe.
  
  Mike Salzman
Fairfield, CA
  LNCE
  
> Could somebody tell me what a normal oil slick on the belly of my ES
> should look like? I have 65hrs on it.I usually have a slick from
> drain hole to the rudder that needs to be wiped off at the end of a
> 2.5 hr trip.