Bad head gasket!
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
P.S. I sold my '79 MGB 20 years ago to buy my BJ8. Never regretted
the decision. Tell Peter that!!!!
On 7/9/05, Daniel <tw002crew@shoreham.net> wrote:
> My friend, Peter, called for help with his '77B. He took it to a local shop
> for an oil change. I'll skip some details, but he was spitting oil out the
> front breather tube( side cover) when he got home. They over-filled it. Now
> he's blowing fumes out the breather tube. He took off the small K&N filter
> because it was clogged with oil.
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> Today we warmed the motor up prior to a compression check. I put my finger
> over the breather tube and watched the dipstick get pushed up by the exhaust
> gases pressurizing the crankcase. The compression check gave 30psi on #1 &
> #2, 130psi on #3, and 160psi on #4. I also noticed very little oil in the
> top of the cylinder head.
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> Is it possible that the over-filling damaged the head gasket so the
> crankcase is pressurized and the oil is not getting to the cylinder head? I
> find it peculiar that two adjacent cylinders have the same low compression,
> sounds like head gasket and not rings. For a few seconds, the breather tube
> belched oil all over the motor, hood and fender, then quit, but the exhaust
> gases didn't.
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> I told him he could solve this by buying a Healey but....
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> Any ideas guys?
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> Thanks,
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> Dan Werner
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