[Healeys] Oil in the water cooling system

[I Erbs]

look for crack in block? check deck for warp on block

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Dirk Maier <dirk.e.maier at t-online.de>wrote:

> Hey listers,
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> I have a few problems with the cylinder head of my 3000 engine.
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> In summer I rebuild the head by renewing the valves / guides and the
> surface
> was grinded.
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> But it turned out after a few kilometers around 600-700, that oil was in
> the
> cooling water and then I tightened the cylinder head after about 1000km.
> But that didn t have any effect, the amount of oil in the water was
> actually
> increasing.
> So I removed the head again and I gave it to an engine shop to put the
> cooling ports under pressure, but it did stand the pressure. I thought is
> probably due to the sealing or assembly.
> I brought a new set of seals and reassembled them, but there was still oil
> in the water. I torque down the head with 3 / 6 / 8 / 10.5 Nm here in
> several stages.
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> Do you have any suggestions what I could do to solve this problem? Thank
> you
> in advance.
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> Regards
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> Dirk
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> Siegburg, Germany
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