From what I've read here on Rec. Av. * the downside to these oil
separators is that they may also return the moisture, acids, and other
products of combustion that volatilize and go out the breather tube,
back to your crankcase. If you've had oil analysis done in the past I
would certainly be interested if this seems to be the case.

Joe Schneider
8437R

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:XUnTc.150507$eM2.144868@attbi_s51...
Doesn't the air/oil separator simply catch the oil the engine
pukes, so
the
oil doesn't end up on the belly? If that's the case, your
separator
better
have a capacity of almost 4 quarts, 'cause I suspect the engine is
still
gonna send the first 3.5 quarts out the breather.

Yes and no.

It constantly feeds the puked out oil back into the crankcase, so
you can
run with a full crankcase instead of one that is 1/3 empty.

I'm no mechanic, but more fresh oil sounds good for my engine.
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