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Thanks for explaining what you had been through with your engine. It is roughly what I thought was going on with mine. I've got around 10 hours since it had a top overhaul. I thought it was some kind of blow by pressurising the crank. I sealed the breather fitting up and I installed a new...

Hi Dan I replaced the crank seal. I did use a split type seal. A lot of people recommend the one piece one. Think I'm going to order one. The etching on the shaft is something I will look at next. The breather hose is a modification on a lot of Jodel 1050's. The guy who had the aircraft before...

Thanks Ron I have sealed the breather threads. I replaced the crank seal. I'm going to look at the scoring that continental put on the shaft to encourage the oil to return backwards to the engine as it rotates. Push rod tubes are pretty dry. Slight weep from one. There are instruction on how...

Hi all I have just bought a Jodel DR 1050 powered by a 0-200A. It has had a top overhaul done. New millenium pistons and barrels. I have been chasing oil leaks/weeps. My breather fitting on the crank case was loose. Tightened up. I get oil through the breather tube. Not a lot. I get a small...