On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:17:09 GMT, (John_F) wrote:

If you put too much oil in an engine it will heat up the engine more
because the crankshaft hits the extra oil and causes the oil to be
flung around and this also leads to oil foaming.
Extra heat is generated by flinging the oil around and the bearings
don't get enough oil since the pump does not pump foam well.

Any aircraft engine crankcase I've been inside of has relatively small
slots below the crank where the case halves meet effectively isolating
the sump from the crank in regard to "windage".

TC

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