Erich, I never experienced oil contamination of the underside of the
fuselage until I fitted the new shorter dipstick, following the compulsory
mod. Since then I have had some sizeable 'burps' of oil to judge from the
state of the underside, and I am inclined to think that my system is
actually overloaded if the oil level comes up to the top mark on the new dip
stick. Since realising this and not filling above half way, I think the
problem is fixed.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ, XS 914 mono.----- Original Message -----
From: "Erich Trombley" <erichdtrombley@juno.com>
Subject: Europa-List: Vent lines and the 914
<erichdtrombley@juno.com>
>
>
> Can anyone flying with the 914 tell me if they have routed their vent
lines from
> the Oil sump and air box so that they terminate just above the air filter?
I
> have seen a picture of this somewhere and was wondering if this has worked
well.
> I seem to get quite a bit of oil collecting on the belly of the plane and
have
> traced it to the vent lines. I was hoping that by rerouting the lines to
the
> air filter, thus allowing the oil to be consumed by the engine would
mitigate
> the problem. Any thoughts? My only real concern is contaminating the air
> filter with engine oil.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Erich Trombley
>
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