REFLECTOR: pole question: air/oil separator

[Don Johnston]

Geoff,

Can you post the info on how you run the breather tube out to the trailing
edge?

-Don

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Geoff Gerhardt <geoff.gerhardt at gmail.com>wrote:

> I followed Rene's advice and put my breather exit out the trailing edge of
> the wing.  Works great - now messy streaks on the cowling.  Bit of oil
> residue on the prop, but nothing too significant.  Simplest solution yet.
>  I tired a breather, but (maybe I didn't have the right one) it added back
> pressure that caused some crank seal leakage.  I don't have any pictures
> with me, but Rene posted one awhile back.  If anyone's interested, I can
> take some pics next time I'm at the hangar.
>
> Geoff
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Rene Dugas <renedugas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have one. Much less messy.
>>
>> Sent from Rene's iPad. A pleasure.  Go Apple.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:07 PM, numa at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> > Do you have or not have an air/oil separator installed?
>> >
>> > And for those that have not, how bad is the mess aft of the breather
>> tube?
>> >
>> > Don Johnston
>> > XL-RG w/Cont IO-550N
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