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Posted by Dug on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 14:01:58 :
In Reply to: Re: Sounds like a bomb in the making.. posted by David Sherman on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 13:33:02 :
That was common with smaller airplanes, but with the bigger ones like the DC 3 with large radial engines, the oil tank holds around 18 gallons. The ones equiped for cold weather operations has a diluter valve that pumped gas into the return line from the scavange pump and into the oil tank. I know that other military equipment like tanks and trucks used the same concept, but I don't know if it was built in like the airplanes.
I'll bet it did cause a fire or two over the years, but it works.
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