Hi Perry,
Iâ??ve held off posting this, because I hoped youâ??d find an easier answer,
but Iâ??ve seen this huge oil leak issue on both 1100 Sprite blocks and Healey
3000.
Your worst case scenario is a cracked rear main cap.
Drop the sump and have a close look.
Best
Chris
> On 23 Oct 2022, at 3:47 pm, Perry Small via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> So it would appear from the follow up inspections that the oil loss is
> coming from the connection between the rear of the engine block and the rear
> back plate. That connection has the the main block to plate gasket and the
> small rectangular gasket strip along the rear bear cap. There are two
> cylindrical gasket plugs that slide in the groove between the side of the
> rear bearing cap and the block. That should seal the connection. It would
> seem like a damaged rear bearing on the cam or crank would not be the cause
> of the leak for the volume that was reported but it would place the oil
> outside the crankcase.
> Still scratching my bald headâ?¦..
> Perry
>
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