Dear John,
If you can drain and then pressurize the coolant system with compressed air,
I have an ultrasonic detection instrument (www.uesystems.com) that can
pinpoint the actual site of the oil leak inside the engine. Compressed air
has a much lower viscosity than water and at 15 PSI it leaks about 60 times
greater than water through the same leak path. With the Ultrasound
detection instrument you can detect the turbulent flow from the leak. The
strongest signal will be the actual location.
My parents live in Omaha, and I am going to visit them the weekend of
February 3rd. If you would like I can contact you when I am there. Please
forward your phone number if you want to discuss Healeys.
Mark Goodman
66 BJ8 35503
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:54:14 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
From: "John O'Brien" <banjojohn@cox.net>
Subject: oil in coolant
Hi Listers:
I confess to having been lurking and not contributing much to the list. I
need some info from your collective wisdom. I have been having small
amounts of oil show up in my coolant on my BJ8. I have not found any
coolant in the oil, which would be much worse, I think. Anyway, I think
there was a thread a while back about some oil passages that rust through to
the coolant passages and a repair for this problem. Does anyone know a shop
in the Omaha, NE or surrounding area qualified to do the repair? If they
have to pull the engine, as I suspect they will, I will have the engine
repainted and the clutch changed. Clutch has been jerky on start up. I may
also have a leak in the rear main seal or the front seal of the tranny,
which may be allowing oil on the clutch and causing the jerkyness. If it's
going in the shop I'll probably have it all done at once.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
John O'Brien
'61 Bugeye
'65 BJ8
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