REFLECTOR: Franklin Oil Leaker

[John Dibble]

Richard,
Happy to hear that you are flying.  Check the plug on the pilot side of
the engine.  Mine had loosened up and I couldn't find it until it got so
loose that an 8" pool of oil appeared.
I have observed oil inside my intake manifold, but never seen it leak
from there.
250F is high for the oil.  What temp are you getting for cruise?  On hot
days, I limit my climb to 500 ft/min and the oil stays below 220F.  I
have installed a marine bilge blower in the exit air duct.  I mainly use
this while taxiing to keep the oil temp down, but infrequently I will
use it when climbing when all else fails.  I find the cooling problem is
worse when departing a 4000' airport as compared to one at 1000' or
less.

John

Richard Ring wrote:

> I have a SRG Franklin/IVO with 3hours and 15 flights. First I had high
> oil temps(+250) on climb out and would not cool.I went through all
> archives and mods back 1995 and made all changes. I now have oil temps
> below 250 if I dont exceed24 MP/2400 rpm. Each flight results in
> dripping oil on the floor before I can get out of airplane. Oil looks
> like its coming fromthe fuel pump and alternator plate. Iam on my
> third set of gskts and still have the problem. The oil may be comming
> fromthe the distributing zone (air intake that carb bolts to) it has 2
> long bolts that have no seal that I can tell. After five months of
> fighting this engine I guess Iam begging for help.My Ft. Collins
> Franklin dealer doesnt answer his phone. Richard Ring
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