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Fred Nightingale	01/03/2010 10:34:45
19 forum posts 8 photos	My first attempt at making a model marine steam engine is seen in the attached photo, However when people have seen the engine, they ask where is the oil trap? I think when the original plans were drawn, polution was not seen as a problem. Does anyone know where I can get plans or is it so simple I should be able to design my own
Jeff Dayman	01/03/2010 12:27:05
2356 forum posts 47 photos	Looks great Fred, sorry I don't have any oil trap info just wanted to send my compliments.
Circlip	01/03/2010 13:16:12
1723 forum posts	Basically Fred, an oil trap is a can with an inlet and an outlet. The exhaust steam and crud goes in and the oil drops out allowing "Clean" steam to exit and up a chimney. Make sure the inlet from the engine points downwards so you don't get a "Blow through" effect. When he designed it, I don't think Basil?? thought about "The Enviroment", he was just trying to get people re-interested in steam propulsion. Regards Ian.
Fred Nightingale	01/03/2010 13:27:27
19 forum posts 8 photos	Thanks for both your comments Currently my exhaust is fed into one of the boiler cross pipes and I thought the steam would go via the smoke box and out of the funnel. But I don't seem to get any steam that I can see from the funnel Regards Fred

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