Preheating engines: Airplane engines versus auto engines
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
		
 
         When we bring the airplanes in after operating in cold 
 weather, oil and water emulsion will be found on the floor under the 
 breather tube the next morning.  
  
  
 
I suspect that the puddles have more to do with the fact that breather  
outlets tend to be on the top of the engine and are connected to a 3  
foot tube running straight down than any gasses purging out of the  
crankcase at shutdown (or what the temperature was outside). The tube  
walls are coated with a water/oil mix from flight and slowly this drips  
down to cause the puddle. 
 
An interesting test would be to remove the breather tubes completely  
after flight and see if anything accumulates. 
 
Good Luck, 
Mike 
 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
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