[AT] FM Eclipse HELP

[Mike]

Bo, glad to hear you made it through Ike. Nice job on the FM Eclipse engine, it looks great. Sorry, I can't help you with the oil level, but I suspect someone else will pipe in.  Mike M

-- "Bo Hinch" <mmc at suddenlink.net> wrote:
Well guys , we survived another hurricane in Sulphur , La. . Ike came 
blowing in like it was mad at the world . The tidal surge was awesome . 
There was / is water where nobody would ever believe . About 15 miles south 
of Sulphur in Hackberry , the surge has all but destroyed that little 
community . Some people had to cut holes in their roofs and be rescued by 
helicopters . No one has been able to get there by land yet , maybe today  .
Texas which is 25 miles west and beyond  is another story . They are going 
through what we went through with RITA in 2005 .
Now for my problems , I built a scale model of a FM Eclipse 1a , it starts 
and runs beyond my wildest dreams , my problem is too much oil coming out of 
the breather , it really pushes it out . Last night I realized it is also 
coming out of the muffler which tells me I have too much oil in the engine . 
My question is , how much oil ( oil level ) is supposed to be in the full 
size engine ????? Once I can fill to proper level , it should be a real show 
piece , thanks to Reg for leading me around like the blind man I was .
Below is a link to my engine being worked on while trying to eliminate the 
oil problems .

http://picasaweb.google.com/grumpyhinch/20080915064235#

Any suggestions is appreciated .

Bo Hinch       Sulphur,La. 

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