It has affected the oil pressure with warm engine by perhaps 5 PSI at low
idling, from a little above 20 to almost 30 PSI. Not that easy to read,
because the idling isnt perfect and the pressure rises quickly at these rpm.
But it has gone up for sure. At higher rpm I have always had 60-65 PSI warm
and up to 70 with cold engine, that hasnt changed.
I bought the car last year, apparantly with this error, thats just one of
the bonusses you get for free.
What oil consumption should I expect?
Niels, Denmark
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
From: Per Schoerner
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 10:09 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 Oil consumption - follow up
Hi
What about oil pressure in this case? Is it possible that this makes the
gauge read a little low? Niels, did you notice any difference after you
had fixed it?
Per in Sweden
Alan Seigrist skrev 2011-07-29 09:02:
> Hi Niels -
>
> This is a very common problem. Note that you should ALWAYS put the banjo
> bolt on the pedestal BEFORE installing the rocker on the head. The banjo
> bolt and oil feed coupling should always be attached to the rocker
> pedestal
> first, then mounted to the head. If the rocker is already on the head, you
> still need to bolt the banjo bolt first before screwing the feed tube to
> the
> head. Inevitably most everyone does it the other way and they either
> strip
> the threads out of the pedestal (VERY common) or you have this problem as
> in
> your pictures.
>
> It's great you reported back to the list and is a good reminder to always
> make sure this is assembled right.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Niels Bengaard<bengaard at 850r.dk> wrote:
>
>> I went to visit another Healey owner today. With the engine warm, the
>> picture was somewhat different, there was oil all over the place.
>> The oil spillage Bob comments on was quite big, we fixed it quite easily.
>> The problem is seen in this picture, the banjo is caught on the nearby
>> washer.
>> http://healey.850r.dk/**pictures/dscf1324.jpg<http://healey.850r.dk/pictures/dscf1324.jpg>
>>
>> I have filled the oil level to max now and will see if the oil
>> consumptions
>> lowers.
>> I would like to thank you all for the help once more.
>>
>> Niels
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