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Old 27th Feb 2004, 06:57
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It was a small hydraulic leak. maybe a couple of tablespoons!
It was actually an engine oil leak thru the oil breather system. A blanking plug came loose in the oil/air separator. Because the breather in the -200 goes into the exhaust instead of out the back of the nacelle like the -100 dump oil into hot exhaust = smoke on go, just like the display planes.

Engine lost about 7 quarts of oil.
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