Fairchild Club Forum

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:52 am**

'I am running Aeroshell 100 Mineral.

--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, Airy Millet wrote:
>
>
> Yes, I confirm (we tested several position) that the cut shape and position of breather line outlet is important! (longer it is, farther under the plane belly you'll find oil drips' ))
> (when too short, you have oil from the firewall and all along the fuselage belly... ).
> And I can ensure that airflow through cylinders and airflow running out of the cowling from under is a quite fast airflow!
>
> 2150/2300rpm, are very high for this engine!!
>
> Inside of stacks are black...of course...but between fingers does it feel "wet" (oily) or "dry" (like powder)!
>
> Now you have run your engine several 10-15minutes intervals, check the magnetics fingers in the bottom of the engine (under the scavenge pump) [take care, some quarts/liters will flow out when opening there, as the scavenge pump, and camshaftcase will drain out].
>
> and last question, which kind of oil do you use for breaking runs?? (I personnaly recommend mineral 100% Aero100 in "normal" climate, and Aero120 in "warm" climate).
>
> Airy
>
>
>
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> To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
> From: obliquephoto@...
> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:56:38 +0000
> Subject: [fairchildclub] Re: Ranger Engine Question
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> Maybe I have been running the engine too fast. Not being too familiar with this engine I always thought it was good to run a higher RPM during breakin. I have be fluctuating my throttle from 2150-2300 in 10-15 minuet intervals. I have an engine analyzer which give me reading on all 6 cylinders. All temps are close in the 1200-1350 range. The engine breather extends from the bottom cowl 1". Maybe this is not enough. Does this really create a suction if too short? The inside of the stacks are black. I also have a pesco wet pump hooked up with an air oil separator. No oil appears to be coming out of the overflow for the separator. I have the oil return line for the vacuum system ported back to the accessory case to the port to the right of the vacuum pump. Thoughts? Yes I have a scavenge pump. Don't know how to check to make sure it is running but I took the hose fitting off the line that comes from the pump to the oil cooler and it was full of oil. Frustrating... JON
>
> --- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" wrote:
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> > Jon,
> >
> > You are looking at more than three GALLONS of oil per hour. This is seriously wrong. Three quarts per hour might be unseated rings, but I doubt that three GALLONS per hour could get past the rings.
> >
> > I suspect that you have the plumbing installed wrong. Any pictures? Mine is an earlier model with the oil cooler hanging out the bottom of the cowl, so seeing mine wouldn't help as much as seeing a later model. Where are you located?
> >
> > Are you possibly running the engine to fast? Have you got a non-standard propeller? Do you have a manifold pressure gauge?
> >
> > Hope you can get it sorted out soon.
> >
> > Bob Waldron
> > 1939 Fairchild 24K
> > Webster, MN
> >
> >
> > --- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "jwm1801" wrote:
> > >
> > > 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
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Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:24 am**

'Tom,

I WISH I meant to say 2.5 quarts. It actually was 2.5 Gallons. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. JON

--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" wrote:
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> I'm sure you meant to say 2.5 Quarts, not 2.5 Gallons. Don't panic, there are about four things you can do to keep from pumping perfectly good oil out the breather system, and covering the belly of you brand Fairchild.
> Tom
> Hanford,Ca
>
> --- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "jwm1801" wrote:
> >
> > 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
> >
>

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Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:32 pm**

'Hi Jon,

Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.

Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.

A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.

Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..

I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "jwm1801"
To:
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

> 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
> weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
> used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
> the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
> run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
> I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
> of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
> breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
> suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:00 pm**

'Years ago I had a similar problem in a radial. This may not be the same at all, but finding the issue drove me nuts. Mostly it turned out to be the stack on top of the engine for the breather. It had a washer type device that would partially close off the breather for inverted flight, stopping from completely closed by a small cotter pin. Except that there was no cotter pin installed, the engine had a lot of blow-by on the new o'haul, and the crankcase pressurized like crazy when the washer closed off the stack.

Maybe unrelated, but make sure it is breathing.

Bill McC

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ellis
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 2:03 pm
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

Hi Jon,

Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.

Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.

A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.

Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..

I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "jwm1801"
To:
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

> 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
> weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
> used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
> the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
> run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
> I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
> of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
> breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
> suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:33 pm**

'Thanks John. I pulled the scavenge pump and replaced it with another. Nothing stood out to be obvious on the pump but I did get about 1.5 gallons of oil run out after pump removal. I also pulled a couple plugs. They were not wet.
JON

--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "John Ellis" wrote:
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
> engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.
>
> Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
> pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.
>
> A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
> two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
> this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
> of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.
>
> Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
> lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
> should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
> the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..
>
> I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jwm1801"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
> Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question
>
>
> > 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
> > weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
> > used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
> > the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
> > run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
> > I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
> > of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
> > breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
> > suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

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Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:12 pm**

'Jon,

I had a similar situation happen to me last summer. Ferrying a newly acquired PT 19 home (the A/C had not flown much in recent years) we were consuming well over a gallon an hour. There was a lot of oil under the cowl, on the belly etc. We decided to drain all the oil from the system carefully measuring the amount flowing from each drain point. We drained almost two gallons from the engine itself. We found that a garlock seal between the scavenge pump and fuel pump had failed. Placed a spare pump on the engine and things straightened right out.

Hope this helps.

Joel

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 18, 2011, at 8:33 PM, "jwm1801" wrote:

> Thanks John. I pulled the scavenge pump and replaced it with another. Nothing stood out to be obvious on the pump but I did get about 1.5 gallons of oil run out after pump removal. I also pulled a couple plugs. They were not wet.
> JON
>
> --- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "John Ellis" wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
> > engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.
> >
> > Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
> > pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.
> >
> > A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
> > two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
> > this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
> > of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.
> >
> > Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
> > lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
> > should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
> > the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..
> >
> > I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jwm1801"
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
> > Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question
> >
> >
> > > 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
> > > weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
> > > used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
> > > the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
> > > run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
> > > I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
> > > of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
> > > breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
> > > suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:59 am**

'A typical problem with engines overhaul by people who are not specialists, may be to assemble the engine with new gaskets....
On the scavenge pump face, if gaskets are not of the right thickness, the oil is by-passing through the face of the pump, so, it doesn't "pump" properly!

And of course tooth play of the scavenge pump have to be checked maybe more accurately, and looking on the working faces to be perfectly smooth, without any notch or scratch!

seems effectively that your are blowing the oil out of the engine...

So, first, run 1900/1950rpm...
When engin is warm, how are the compression setting? 76/80...78/80???
(if engine is cold, figures will be altered by the oil flowing between piston rings)

And a little thing to check (but need removing cylinders): have the piston rings still good orientation 120degres/120degrees/120degrees..etc...and are there no broken rings? (one hydraulic lock one day, may have damage them).

When you come in the morning, several days after your last engine run, do you ever turn the prop by hand (at least 12 turns=6cylinders, and 4 stroke engine), so you will allow oil to drip from the exhaust stacks...
Usually, there should be only oil drips from the one or two "lower" cylinders (close to the firewal)...if you got oil drips from front cylinders (exhaust stack), there is something wrong with the cylinders!

Airy

To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
From: johnee35@att.net
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:03:26 -0500
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

Hi Jon,

Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.

Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.

A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.

Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..

I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "jwm1801"
To:
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

> 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
> weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
> used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
> the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
> run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
> I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
> of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
> breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
> suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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'

Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:08 am**

'Rangers have only a cup washer into a small box in order to make the flow slow down at engine outlet! (on top of crankcase nearby the front on right side)!

By the way, are the spark plugs really dark? black? oily?....or looking dry soot as normal?
(if you got over worn valves guides + scavenge problems, the engine will "suck" oil up through the valve-guide/valve play as well as the engine will blow some oil through the same play on the exhaust side... (almost working as a venturi vaccuum, as the aspiration/exhaust flow is 90 degrees from the "oil flow" coming from the valve-guides)...this is for really overworn guides!!).

Airy

To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
From: burnmcc@aol.com
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:27:00 -0400
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

Years ago I had a similar problem in a radial. This may not be the same at all, but finding the issue drove me nuts. Mostly it turned out to be the stack on top of the engine for the breather. It had a washer type device that would partially close off the breather for inverted flight, stopping from completely closed by a small cotter pin. Except that there was no cotter pin installed, the engine had a lot of blow-by on the new o'haul, and the crankcase pressurized like crazy when the washer closed off the stack.

Maybe unrelated, but make sure it is breathing.

Bill McC

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ellis
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 2:03 pm
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

Hi Jon,

Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.

Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.

A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.

Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..

I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "jwm1801"
To:
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question

> 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
> weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
> used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
> the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
> run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
> I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
> of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
> breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
> suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:10 am**

'fuel pump??

To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
From: jsharpsmail@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:19:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Re: Ranger Engine Question

Jon,

I had a similar situation happen to me last summer. Ferrying a newly acquired PT 19 home (the A/C had not flown much in recent years) we were consuming well over a gallon an hour. There was a lot of oil under the cowl, on the belly etc. We decided to drain all the oil from the system carefully measuring the amount flowing from each drain point. We drained almost two gallons from the engine itself. We found that a garlock seal between the scavenge pump and fuel pump had failed. Placed a spare pump on the engine and things straightened right out.

Hope this helps.

Joel

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 18, 2011, at 8:33 PM, "jwm1801" wrote:

> Thanks John. I pulled the scavenge pump and replaced it with another. Nothing stood out to be obvious on the pump but I did get about 1.5 gallons of oil run out after pump removal. I also pulled a couple plugs. They were not wet.
> JON
>
> --- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "John Ellis" wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
> > engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.
> >
> > Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
> > pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.
> >
> > A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
> > two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
> > this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
> > of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.
> >
> > Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
> > lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
> > should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
> > the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..
> >
> > I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jwm1801"
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
> > Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question
> >
> >
> > > 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
> > > weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
> > > used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
> > > the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
> > > run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
> > > I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
> > > of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
> > > breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
> > > suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:14 am**

'No fuel pump.

Airy Millet wrote:

>
>fuel pump??
>
>
>
>To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
>From: jsharpsmail@yahoo.com
>Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:19:16 -0500
>Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Re: Ranger Engine Question
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Jon,
>
>I had a similar situation happen to me last summer. Ferrying a newly acquired PT 19 home (the A/C had not flown much in recent years) we were consuming well over a gallon an hour. There was a lot of oil under the cowl, on the belly etc. We decided to drain all the oil from the system carefully measuring the amount flowing from each drain point. We drained almost two gallons from the engine itself. We found that a garlock seal between the scavenge pump and fuel pump had failed. Placed a spare pump on the engine and things straightened right out.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Joel
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On Apr 18, 2011, at 8:33 PM, "jwm1801" wrote:
>
>> Thanks John. I pulled the scavenge pump and replaced it with another. Nothing stood out to be obvious on the pump but I did get about 1.5 gallons of oil run out after pump removal. I also pulled a couple plugs. They were not wet.
>> JON
>>
>> --- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "John Ellis" wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Jon,
>> >
>> > Using that much oil, if your exhaust pipes are not dripping oil, and the
>> > engine is not leaking, it probably is going out the breather pipe.
>> >
>> > Excessive pressure in the crankcase caused by compression going past
>> > pistons, and rings will cause oil to exit from the breather.
>> >
>> > A check of the cylinder condition would be to let engine sit for day or
>> > two.. Pull the prop in direction of rotation ( be sure mags are off ).. If
>> > this is problem, engine probably will be hydraulic locked, or release a lot
>> > of oil through exhaust valve out the pipe.
>> >
>> > Scavenger pump may not be working and engine full of oil. Remove one of the
>> > lower plugs in the scavenger pump and catch the oil.. At most, the amount
>> > should be less than 1 gallon.. A lot more that this quantity, I would pull
>> > the scavenger pump and check to be sure it is working..
>> >
>> > I will be very interested in what you find as the problem..
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "jwm1801"
>> > To:
>> > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:47 AM
>> > Subject: [fairchildclub] Ranger Engine Question
>> >
>> >
>> > > 3.5 years and 500 hours- my Fairchild 24R46 had its first flight this past
>> > > weekend. What a thrill and a terrific flying airplane. The bad news is I
>> > > used a tremendous amount of oil. Engine has a fresh overhaul as does all
>> > > the accessories including the oil cooler. I thought it might just need to
>> > > run to break in but I now think something else is going on. This morning
>> > > I flew her for 45 minuets and used 2.5 gallons of oil. Oil is coming out
>> > > of the breather line and all over the belly. Oil cooler is warm but
>> > > breather line is warmer then the oil return line. Any on have any
>> > > suggestions??? PLEASE HELP!! JON
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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