stator 114 has a second passageway 142 and preferably a third passageway 144 which is similar to the second passageway 142 the second passageway 142 has a second outlet orifice 146 which is in fluid communication with the ambient air 134 having the lower static pressure and has a second inlet orifice 148 which is in fluid communication with the ambient air 132 having the higher static pressure which has passed through the air dam 130 in a preferred construction the stator 114 also has an aspirator tooth 150 extending axially across and radially inward of the air dam 130 wherein the aspirator tooth 150 has a tip 152 spaced apart from and proximate the rotor 112 referring again to the drawings wherein unnumbered arrows indicate the direction of air flow fig2 schematically shows a second preferred embodiment of the rotor and stator assembly 210 of the present invention preferably the rotor and stator assembly 210 define part of a gas turbine used for aircraft and marine propulsion or define part of a gas turbine or steam turbine used for power generation in describing the invention terms of art used to describe aspirating face seals will be used such as 34 air bearing 34 34 air dam 34 and 34 air flow 34 as is understood by those skilled in the art the word 34 air 34 used in these terms includes 34 steam 34 in the case of steam turbines and includes 34 compressed air 34 and or 34 combustion gases 34 in the case of gas turbines the rotor and stator assembly 210 includes a rotor 212 and a stator 214 the rotor 212 only a portion of which is.