Clive:
You are exactly correct that a little oil seep is a small price to pay for
engine longevity - that was my point.
Michael
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In a message dated 7/30/2007 4:40:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
clive.sherriff@ntlworld.com writes:
Over the years I've had occasion to drive a few very
territorial XPAGs that would worship the ground on which they
stood with large pools of engine oil from the rear seal.
What I've noticed however, is that a couple of these cars had
good compression and little cylinder bore wear and were not
burning oil as a result of engine wear - just the rear oil
seal as the source. These cars did not use much oil on long
runs, and I conjecture that whilst the crank rotates, oil is
scrolled back into the sump, and it is therefore only the
static draining process that results in a big leak, running
loss being minimal.
I rebuild with the standard set up, and am happy with a small
drip after a long run.
However you cant just shove the rear plate (Moss 433-410l) in
without care - they call it an oil thrower but it does not
throw anything, its in effect a close tolerance "lip" seal
plate. I always fit the plate so the crank is initially
tight, and hand finish with a scraper and engineer's blue to
give an absolute minimum clearance. Its a tricky process and
needs a bit of time and skill - but it works for me just fine
every time.
Clive
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----- Original Message -----
From: <PopeyMike@aol.com>
To: <ddubois@sinclair.net>; <nels@flightsim.com>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Mystery Pin
> It is a pleasure to see this sensible discussion and not a
panic remedy to
> take up arms.
>
> As all, I also have a small leak there that has existed
since I first
> purchased the car 20 plus years ago. Initially I panicked
and being the "great
> mechanic" that I am I wanted to stop this leak.
>
> But as the pleasure of driving this fun machine became the
driving force, I
> realized that adding a quart of oil to supplement the leak
and any oil that
> was burned, was a cheap and quick fix for a problem that
really was not that
> disturbing.
>
> I also recommend getting a car diaper. These are cheap,
keep the garage
> floor clean of all oil drips and you can still use a pan for
the bigger ones
> under the engine.
>
> "Obviously owning a TD I've come to accept a certain amount
of spotting but
> if something is becoming a problem I'd like to catch it
before something
> really bad happens." -------------------- Nels, the
only bad thing that can
> happen is if you run out of oil - but if you check oil level
every time this
> will not happen, since the lose is very minute each time.
If you get oil on
> the clutch ------------- so what, you will just have to
clean it or replace
> it. It is not like running out of engine oil ---- which
is bad.
>
> Keep the engine oil where it needs to be and KEEP these
machine on the road!!
>
> Safety FAST
> Michael Balahutrak
> 53 TD
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