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If there is oil in the rear air filter then your rocker assy is worn =
out. Warm up the engine, then remove the valve cover and start it up. =
Almost no oil should come out the top of the rockers. Yours probably =
will squirt a lot of oil out of the rear rockers. This will then be =
confined to the inside of the valve cover. Then the breather will suck =
the oil into the rear filter and your new engine will burn oil just like =
it did before the rebuild.
We see this all the time and have rebuilt rocker assys in stock
David Nock
healeydoc@sbcglobal.net
209 948 8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
From: Keith Mott=20
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:37 AM
To: warthodson@aol.com=20
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net=20
Subject: Re: [Healeys] excess oil consumption
Unless the rocker shaft is worn, oil should just barely seep out around =
the rockers. It would be really hard to get to the vent tube. With a =
worn rocker shaft, oil could squirt high enough to get into the tube, =
but I think you'd see blue smoke. =20
If you're not seeing blue smoke, I think I'd be looking for leaks.
Keith
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 5:55 PM, <warthodson@aol.com> wrote:
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 compression & 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 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 6th quart 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 acceptable to me.
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 the 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 current Cooper air cleaners are too =
small and are creating this vacuum. The Cooper 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.
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 as well.
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<DIV>If there is oil in the rear air filter then your rocker assy is =
worn out.=20
Warm up the engine, then remove the valve cover and start it up. Almost =
no oil=20
should come out the top of the rockers. Yours probably will squirt a lot =
of oil=20
out of the rear rockers. This will then be confined to the inside of the =
valve=20
cover. Then the breather will suck the oil into the rear filter and your =
new=20
engine will burn oil just like it did before the rebuild.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We see this all the time and have rebuilt rocker assys in =
stock</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century'; COLOR: =
#000000">David=20
Nock<BR>healeydoc@sbcglobal.net<BR>209 948=20
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:37 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dwarthodson@aol.com=20
href=3D"mailto:warthodson@aol.com";>warthodson@aol.com</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] excess oil =
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<DIV dir=3Dltr>Unless the rocker shaft is worn, oil should just barely =
seep out=20
around the rockers. It would be really hard to get to the vent =
tube. With=20
a worn rocker shaft, oil could squirt high enough to get into the tube, =
but I=20
think you'd see blue smoke. =20
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<DIV>If you're not seeing blue smoke, I think I'd be looking for =
leaks.</DIV>
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<DIV>Keith</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 5:55 PM, <SPAN =
dir=3Dltr><<A=20
href=3D"mailto:warthodson@aol.com"; =
target=3D_blank>warthodson@aol.com</A>></SPAN>=20
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=3DMsoNormal>A friend ask me to post the following question =
about=20
excess oil consumption on this forum to see if anyone has any=20
suggestions.</DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal>I know the engine has been professionally =
rebuilt a few=20
years ago & the compression & leak down tests recently looked=20
"normal". No oil leaks. </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal>Gary Hodson</DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal>I had a brief conversation with my mechanic the =
other day=20
and in the next couple of weeks he will do a complete diagnosis on my =
Healey=20
to try to identify why I have had so much oil consumption. FYI, =
I just=20
emptied the 6<SUP>th</SUP> quart of oil into the engine yesterday =
=E2=80=93 and that=20
is over 4,000 miles. It is better than before the recent ring =
job, but=20
nonetheless, is not acceptable to me.</DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal>Mechanic thinks the oil loss might be due to =
combustion=20
of the oil from the back air cleaner that is plumbed with the valve=20
cover. He thinks the air cleaner I have on it now is somehow =
creating a=20
vacuum pulling oil from the valve cover and injecting it back into the =
piston=20
and is actually burning the oil off very efficiently. I still =
don=E2=80=99t have=20
any signs of leaks beneath the car nor any smoke from the =
tailpipe. =20
Quite possibly the current Cooper air cleaners are too small and are =
creating=20
this vacuum. The Cooper air cleaners replaced some other chrome =
air=20
cleaners the original owner had on the car =E2=80=93 I don=E2=80=99t =
know if it was original=20
equipment.</DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal>Will you do me a favor and see if anyone else =
had a=20
similar issue with oil consumption to identify a =
=E2=80=9Csolution=E2=80=9D that worked for=20
them? Maybe there are other thoughts that we should ask my =
mechanic to=20
examine as well.</DIV>
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