[Healeys] Core plugs seaping on a 3000

[Michael Oritt]

what Richard says--in spades.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:46 PM, richard mayor <mayorrichard at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> If you keep on driving it, it will fail. And it will fail when you are a
> long ways from home, or late at night, or another most inopportune time.
> Fix it now!  Or you will be constantly worried..... all summer long ......
> when will it let go?
> Stuff in a can or bottle ain't gonna fix the problem.  Sorry.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:26:42 +0100
> Subject: [Healeys] Core plugs seaping on a 3000
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m losing a little coolant – say 1 pint per 200 miles – from a pair of
> core plugs. (The two rear ones under the manifolds).
>
> No way to access them from above and I very much doubt if it can be done
> from below though I haven’t looked. I’ve got Webers and a big bore 6 branch
> so there’s not much room.
>
> OK, I’ll have to strip out the Webers and drop the exhaust; that’s a
> given. And, at the same time, I can do a few other little things.
>
> BUT, but....I don’t want to do it now. Not just when what we
> optimistically call our summer is just beginning.
>
> I hope to keep an eye on the loss and last it out until autumn. (Usually
> summer starts in June and autumn starts about a week later so I may not
> have much time).
>
> I was thinking of putting some Radweld or similar magic goo into the
> coolant. I know it’s fairly effective in radiators.....might it work on the
> core plugs?
>
> Simon
>
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