[Healeys] oil leak

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Sat Sep 18 18:45:47 MDT 2010


Remind him that all damages here will be covered by Marine Insurance.
Hopefully you got it from Hagerty, they provide this service...


On 9/19/10, Wayne Schultz <waschu2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Hi everyone,
>
>                            My friend shipped his 62 3000 Healey back
> from England recently and has it at my house to look at some damage done
> while loading it into the container.  The damage seems to be limited to
> the stainless muffler being cracked and flattened and damage to the rear
> shroud lip and trunk floor.  The perplexing part is that the car is now
> leaving dinner plate size oil leaks after a short drive.  The leak is
> from the bell housing drain hole and the seam between the bell housing
> and the engine back plate. The gearbox oil is very clean and the engine
> oil is pretty dirty as is the oil leaking on the floor, so I suspect the
> leak is from the engine. The oil pan is clean and dry with no leaks
> noted.  Anyone have any ideas what shipping the car in a container might
> have to do with this leak? The car was used in England daily and never
> had any leaks and now the very first drive after shipping it back to the
> US it had this severe leak.  I checked the engine breather and it is clear.
>
>
>                                             Regards
>
>                                              Wayne
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