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Re: [Healeys] Oil leak from rear of engine

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Oil leak from rear of engine
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:35:57 -0800
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If you pull your gearbox, also check the seal on the gearbox input 
shaft. It goes to the same place engine oil does.


On 1/5/2022 6:28 AM, rfbegani@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I know there have been discussions on oil leak from the rear of the 
> engine.  However, in reading through the archives I found this inquiry:
>
> When I rebuilt my AH3000 engine, I fitted an after market rear seal.
>
> Unfortunately after I buttoned everything up and started the engine I
>
> discovered a troublesome oil leak. So out came the gearbox, the clutch
>
> flywheel and the engine back plate. Upon careful examination of the
>
> rear seal, I can find absolutely no leak.  However, there is oil weeping
>
> from the bearing cap that holds the cam in place.
>
> Is this normal?  Can the bearing  be replaced with the engine in the car?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry Swift
>
> There were no responses to the inquiry.  So can the cap that holds the 
> cam in place be removed while the engine is in the car. Could the cap 
> be sealed from the outside with todays technology of sealants? Also, 
> according to the external engine diagrams in the moss catalog it does 
> not show the back of the engine or the cap.
>
> Looking for answers to my continued oil leak problems.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Begani
>
>

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    If you pull your gearbox, also check the seal on the gearbox input
    shaft. It goes to the same place engine oil does.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/5/2022 6:28 AM, <a 
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href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com";>rfbegani@gmail.com</a>
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            know there have been discussions on oil leak from the rear
            of the engine.  However, in reading through the archives I
            found this inquiry:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
            New&quot;;color:black">When I rebuilt my AH3000 engine, I
            fitted an after market rear seal.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
            New&quot;;color:black">Unfortunately after I buttoned
            everything up and started the engine I <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
            New&quot;;color:black">discovered a troublesome oil leak. 
            So out came the gearbox, the clutch <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
            New&quot;;color:black">flywheel and the engine back plate. 
            Upon careful examination of the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
            New&quot;;color:black">rear seal, I can find absolutely no
            leak.  However, there is oil weeping <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
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            cam in place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
            New&quot;;color:black">Is this normal?  Can the bearing  be
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
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            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">There
            were no responses to the inquiry.  So can the cap that holds
            the cam in place be removed while the engine is in the car.
            Could the cap be sealed from the outside with todays
            technology of sealants? Also, according to the external
            engine diagrams in the moss catalog it does not show the
            back of the engine or the cap.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Looking
            for answers to my continued oil leak problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Bob
            Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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