Preheating engines: Airplane engines versus auto engines

On Dec 21, 2:39*pm, nrp wrote:
Air doesn't come into the crankcase via the breather - rather
combustion products that leak past the rings vent out thru the
breather. *

It seems to me that the air in the crancase is about 250 deg F
typically, since the pistons and such are hotter than the oil. That
means the partial pressure inside the crankcase decreases as the
engine cools, and the pressure drops, according to the equation Pv=RT.
As the pressure drops inside, the air outside has to enter the
crankcase to equalize the pressure, correct? With the air temp as much
as 200 deg higher inside the engine as outside, that means that a
volume of about half the crankcase of outside air ENTERS the crankcase
during the pressure equalization process. At least that is the way it
seems to me.

Bud