[Healeys] Oil Leak

[Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>]

Yeah, I know... 

We've fixed them all in our BN2 (100M) except for one nagging leak. Oil appears 
to be leaking at the bottom of the bellhousing, where it's bolted up to the 
rear engine plate. We installed a rear main seal and there is little, if any, 
coming from the usual source (the hole in the bellhousing with the cotter in 
it). We were careful/diligent with gaskets and used a discreet amount of gasket 
sealer wherever it seemed appropriate.(like on the large gasket between the 
block and the engine plate). The cigarette-shaped felt gaskets that came in the 
kit that go around the rear main bearing cap seemed a bit undersized, but we 
used them. 

Any ideas? Could the seam between the rear main bearing cap and block--with the 
undersized felt, cigarette-shaped plugs on either side--be the cause? We get a 
few drops on the floor after a 4-5 mile run. 

TIA, 
Bob 


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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 
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