I just checked the airwolf.com site. Let me say that I know nothing
about separators. Airwolf's website made me curious. Airwolf shows a
cutaway of the m20 to prove that it's an inferior product but not a
cutaway of their own product. They also claim that the oil from
competitor's products does not flow back to the engine until after the
engine is shutdown. Does this mean that the separator in Jay's plane is
holding four quarts of oil? Maybe the beauty of the M20 is it's
simplicity.
Dave
68 7ECA

Jay Honeck wrote:
Atlas just got his oil/air separator installed today. (For those who may
not know, Atlas is our '74 Cherokee Pathfinder, so-named because he can lift
literally anything we can fit inside!)

We picked this new accessory up at OSH '04, after much debate. (It's a
helluva lot of money for what looks like a welded tin can.) The clincher
(besides the nice clean belly) is that I'll be able to run a full 12 quarts
of oil in our Lycoming O-540, rather than the 8.5 quarts we could hold
before. (Atlas would puke out the four extra quarts, if added.)

It seems logical to assume that more oil in the engine equals cleaner oil to
all engine parts, at all times. This seems like a very good thing, indeed.

Anyone else got one of these things? Are there any "gotchas" to watch out
for, or are they as bullet-proof as they seem?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination