[Healeys] Engine Milestone and setback

[Alan Seigrist]

John -

You shouldn't be getting a leak here unless you have crankcase pressure
building up.  I'd give it a bit of time to bed in first before ripping into
it.  also a PCV valve will help a great deal with this.

Alan

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:58 AM, john spaur <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> The oil leak is from the bottom of the bell housing and is most likely the
> after market rear seal. I don't think pistons would cause a leak from the
> bell housing. Moreover I did not have the breather hose connected to the
> carb. If it was from the transmission I think it would have leak a little
> by now.
>
>
> At 08:23 PM 1/2/2013 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> How bad? Could there be some sort of pressure build up in the crankcase,
>> my 100 motor was puking out quite a bit of oil before the rings seated,
>> then got much better, but didn't go away entirely..  Just a thought, Greg
>> Lemon
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