[Healeys] Oil

[Peter Schauss]

I had a similar problem with an off-brand non-detergent oil.  In my case it
would release after a few minutes. It took a couple of oil changes and
several cleanings of the passages in the actuating valve circuit to cure the
problem.

-Peter Schauss
1963 BJ7
1980 MGB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-
> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of BJ8 Healeys
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 4:25 PM
> To: 'Healey List'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Oil
> 
> John, I bought some 30W non-detergent oil at Wal-Mart ("Accel" brand) a
> couple years ago.  I put it in my gearbox and overdrive, and shortly
> thereafter the overdrive began to fail to release.  I could not reverse
> the
> car, and could not push it backwards, either, until it did eventually
> release itself.  Fortunately, I first discovered the problem when I tried
> to
> push the car backwards out of the garage and not when trying to back up
> out
> on the road.
> This continued intermittently over a period of weeks until I flushed out
> the
> Accel oil and refilled with my usual Valvoline non-detergent.  No problems
> at all, since.  Maybe the oil wasn't the cause of the problem, but it
> happened on its watch so it gets the blame.
> 
> Happy Healeying!
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA