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A friend ask me to post the following question about excess oil consumption=
on this forum to see if anyone has any suggestions.
I know the engine has been professionally rebuilt a few years ago & the com=
pression & leak down tests recently looked "normal". No oil leaks.=20
Thanks,
Gary Hodson
I had a brief conversation with my mechanic the other day and in the next c=
ouple of weeks he will do a complete diagnosis on my Healey to try to ident=
ify why I have had so much oil consumption. FYI, I just emptied the 6th qu=
art of oil into the engine yesterday =E2=80=93 and that is over 4,000 miles=
. It is better than before the recent ring job, but nonetheless, is not ac=
ceptable to me.
=20
Mechanic thinks the oil loss might be due to combustion of the oil from the=
back air cleaner that is plumbed with the valve cover. He thinks the air =
cleaner I have on it now is somehow creating a vacuum pulling oil from the =
valve cover and injecting it back into the piston and is actually burning t=
he oil off very efficiently. I still don=E2=80=99t have any signs of leaks=
beneath the car nor any smoke from the tailpipe. Quite possibly the curre=
nt Cooper air cleaners are too small and are creating this vacuum. The Coo=
per air cleaners replaced some other chrome air cleaners the original owner=
had on the car =E2=80=93 I don=E2=80=99t know if it was original equipment=
.
=20
Will you do me a favor and see if anyone else had a similar issue with oil =
consumption to identify a =E2=80=9Csolution=E2=80=9D that worked for them? =
Maybe there are other thoughts that we should ask my mechanic to examine a=
s well.
=20
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<div class=3D"MsoNormal">A friend ask me to post the following question abo=
ut excess oil consumption on this forum to see if anyone has any suggestion=
s.</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal">I know the engine has been professionally rebuilt =
a few years ago & the compression & leak down tests recently looked=
"normal". No oil leaks. </div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks,</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Gary Hodson</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal">I had a brief conversation with my mechanic the ot=
her day and in the next couple of weeks he will do a complete diagnosis on =
my Healey to try to identify why I have had so much oil consumption. =
FYI, I just emptied the 6<sup>th</sup> quart of oil into the engine yesterd=
ay =E2=80=93 and that is over 4,000 miles. It is better than before t=
he recent ring job, but nonetheless, is not acceptable to me.</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Mechanic thinks the oil loss might be due to =
combustion of the oil from the back air cleaner that is plumbed with the va=
lve cover. He thinks the air cleaner I have on it now is somehow=
creating a vacuum pulling oil from the valve cover and injecting it b=
ack into the piston and is actually burning the oil off very efficiently.&n=
bsp; I still don=E2=80=99t have any signs of leaks beneath the car nor any =
smoke from the tailpipe. Quite possibly the current Cooper air cleane=
rs are too small and are creating this vacuum. The Cooper air cleaner=
s replaced some other chrome air cleaners the original owner had on the car=
=E2=80=93 I don=E2=80=99t know if it was original equipment.</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Will you do me a favor and see if anyone else had =
a similar issue with oil consumption to identify a =E2=80=9Csolution=E2=80=
=9D that worked for them? Maybe there are other thoughts that we shou=
ld ask my mechanic to examine as well.</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"> </div>
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