One neat trick for tracing oil leaks is to
clean and dry the engine, spray the engine with foot powder (aerosol type), let
dry to a white powder, run engine, look for leak, fix leak, respray
with foot powder, test again, clean engine, go fly.
Why foot powder? It’s only $1.50 a
can, much cheaper that the $20 zyglo powder most
A&P want to use and works just as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List
[mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of paul miller
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
9:01 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: L2K oil under
belly
I have exhaust only on the belly. I did have one
oil leak that was at the rear of the engine for 300 hours. No amount of
cleaning could track the source. Recently, I changed the starter adapter
and found studs that needed repair and the leak was from the bottom of the
adapter. With that now repaired, I have zero drops on the hangar floor
and zero oil on the belly. I have no separator. I keep the level
around 7. I have a factory new 550TT engine. Hope that helps as a
data point.
On 2012-02-20, at 11:41 AM, Tony Moradian wrote:
I have about 100 hours on my Legacy now. Air/oil separator
installed and tuned. I keep the oil level at or below 6 quarts. It
still spits it out under the belly. I try to keep the decents powered (No
less than 17" MP), and i try to keep the climbs not too steep.
Is this something that i have to live with (Common trait among
Legacies?)
Any input will be appreciated.
Tony Moradian
Legacy L2K330
N444HL