Thanks David, I guess I will pull the rocker cover this weekend and have a
look. I'm in the UK and may have to find a source of a complete replacement
unit this side of the pond or locate a new rocker shaft and bushes and rebuild
the old one.
Thanks again to everyone who responded and for the input from the list.
Kindest Regards
Tom
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Nock
To: Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Venting oil through rear air filter
The rocker arm assembly is worn out. If you remove the valve cover and start
the engine you should only get a small amount of oil coming out the top of the
rockers. Yours will be gushing out. This is a common problem on the 6 cylinder
Healey's.
We have these units available rebuilt on an exchange basis.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Aug 24, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd wrote:
Hi guys, I have an interesting issue where I seem to be venting excess oil
out
of the rear carb air filter on my BJ8. The engine runs great and the oil
pressure is good but I seem to have excess oil dripping out of the air
filter
and down onto the exhaust system. The oil levels are also correct, but I
do
seem to use or loose about half a pint on a 200 mile trip.
I thought that perhaps that the air filter needed cleaning and that the
engine
was breathing more out of the crank case than it should and sucking the
oil
out. I've cleaned the filters but the problem remains. I think the next
option
is to do a compression check to see if I have a ring problem where the
crank
case is being pressurised or perhaps valve stem seals?
My gut feeling is that I'm going to have to pull the engine out eventually
but
are there any other thoughts before I have to go this far?
Kindest Regards
Tom
1965 AH3000 MkIII BJ8
1960 MGA1600
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