Fairchild Club Forum

'I suspect I don't have an original oil filler cap on my Fairchild R46.
It's definitely not the vented kind, but does allow some escape of
oil mist because of a deteriorating seal. Question Pls?...Anybody
know if a vented or un-vented was the approved type. If un-vented
I'm just going to replace the seal?.Thanks,
Tom
Hanford,Ca'

'The last two F24's I owned and Pt 19's did not have a vented oil filler cap
on the oil tank. The crankcase is vented by

A fitting at the center of the case on the top, and is baffled and right
angled to the rear. The oil vapors are ducted via

Hose to exit to a pipe mounted to the bottom of the firewall.



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On Behalf Of Tom Mueller
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:15 PM
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [fairchildclub] oil Cap question....



I suspect I don't have an original oil filler cap on my Fairchild R46.
It's definitely not the vented kind, but does allow some escape of
oil mist because of a deteriorating seal. Question Pls....Anybody
know if a vented or un-vented was the approved type. If un-vented
I'm just going to replace the seal..Thanks,
Tom
Hanford,Ca





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'Thanks Bob,
I suspected it would be non-vented, but I wasn't able to turn up any
info in the manuals..Thanks again!
Tom'