Sealing assembly for a gas turbine engine

A sealing assembly for sealing between an oil a bearing cavity and an air cavity of a gas turbine engine, the sealing assembly comprising:

• a seal having a seal element and a circumferential seal housing receiving the seal element, the seal housing having an annulus extending circumferentially around a center axis, radially between an outer periphery and an inner periphery, and axially along the center axis between a first surface and a second surface, the seal housing having a bottom portion configured to be positioned below the center axis relative to a direction of gravity when the seal is mounted to the gas turbine engine, a collecting channel defined circumferentially in the inner periphery about the center axis between a first lip and a second lip, the first lip and second lip projecting radially inward relative to, and toward, the center axis, at least a tip of the second lip in the bottom portion of the seal housing being radially closer to the center axis than a tip of the first lip, the second lip configured to be closer to the air cavity than the first lip, and a draining pocket defined in a portion of the seal housing configured and disposed to in use collect liquid oil during engine operation, the draining pocket extending from the collecting channel to the first surface and configured to communicate collected liquid oil from the collecting channel to the bearing cavity.