Oil on the windshield. What would you do?

"Duncan (NZ)" wrote in message
. nz...
In article . com,
says...
A "frost plug" in an aircooled motor????? Geez I can see a oil line
plug but most of those are the screw in type, not press fit ...

heh - I'll see if I can find the write up - I think one was done in a
newsletter. But yer right, it obviously wasn't a frost plug.

--
Duncan

I think maybe he means the crankcase breather. If that freezes, it'll blow
the oil overboard pretty quickly.
Having flown several thousand hours towing banners, a leaky prop seal is
quite common, and pretty much a non- issue in the airplanes I fly (PA-18/
J-3 with lyc o-360 and fixed pitch propeller). Depending on the condition of
the seal, usually they leak about 1-2 qts. over a 5-6 hour day. It's more of
a hazard to visibility than to the engine. It may be different for an
airplane with a constant speed prop. I haven't nor would I ground an
airplane for it, then again, your results may vary.

Frank