[Healeys] synthetic oils

[Alan Seigrist]

Jim -

Its not the oil, its the weight. Lighter oils leak more.  If you put
MTL in your gearbox it'll leak more than 20-50.  I put MT90 in my box
and it leaks much less than before.

Alan



On 7/27/08, James  Shope <healeymanjim at hansencc.net> wrote:
> has anyone other than me had any problem using synthetic oils and having all
> the seals and gaskets start to leak.  modern cars are designed for
> synthetics,
> but my old healey was not happy with synthetic oil.   BTW, i had no leaks i
> my
> bn6 trans until i put in redline and now it is oozing.  could be
> coincidence,
> or not.  anyone else notice this?   healeymanjim.
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Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
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