[Healeys] Valve clatter when cold on 100

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 04:18:16 MDT 2011


Also make sure your rocker oil feed banjo is snug and properly seated.
 The banjo is quite close to the nut and washer of the rocker pedestal

Alan

On 9/2/11, Thomas Willig <twillig at ruda.de> wrote:
> Hi Alan,
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> no, I am a traditionalist and use the original filter. I will check if
> the ball in the Tecalemit housing seats properly. Nevertheless a very
> interesting hint.....many thanks
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> Regards
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> Thomas
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> Von: Alan Seigrist [mailto:healey.nut at gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 2. September 2011 10:09
> An: Thomas Willig
> Cc: Healey List
> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Valve clatter when cold on 100
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> Thomas -
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> Did you put on a spin on oil filter adaptor?  If so, you should use a
> filter that has an anti-drainback valve.  Fram PH43 is a number I know
> offhand.
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> Sounds to me the oil galleries are running dry because the filter
> doesn't have a drainback valve on it.
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> Try that.
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> Alan
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> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Thomas Willig <twillig at ruda.de> wrote:
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> Since the complete rebuild of my engine I encounter a valve clatter
> every time when starting the engine from cold. To be more precise,
> "cold" means when the engine has stood overnight and has reached ambient
> temperatures. After 30 seconds the clatter stops. It sounds like valve
> clatter from one valve only. Any suggestions?
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> Regards
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> Thomas Willig
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> 1956 BN2
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