Thanks for the suggestions but I didn?t go that far.
On Jun 27, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Eric J Russell <ejrussell@mebtel.net> wrote:
>> I put an early B timing chain cover on my A with new thrower .
>>
>> Oil now gushes in three streams out of the front of the engine.
>>
>> Suggestions? Am I missing anything, better ways to line up the cover??
>> Thanks, Mike
>
> There isn't really oil under pressure in the timing chain area. The tensioner
> gets oil under pressure which is then directed onto the chain. Oil gets
> thrown around by the moving chain.
>
> Did you do anything else in addition to the replacing the timing chain cover?
> There is an oil galley plug partially hidden behind the engine front plate.
> Did you remove that galley plug and forget to replace it?
>
> See plug #9: http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/engine/of101a.htm
>
> Eric Russell
> Mebane, NC
>
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