[Healeys] oil use

[i erbs]

Yes john, i understand the source, not the cause. I am actually running HD8
carbs on  MKI 3000 engine in my car.

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 9:49 PM John Spaur <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Ira,
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> Is it your BT7? I think your carburetors are larger, but if the hose from
> the valve cover is connected to the rear air cleaner, per the original
> routing, that is the oil source.
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> John Spaur
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> San Jose, CA
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *i
> erbs
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:14 PM
> *To:* Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] oil use
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> Short of pulling my head, is there anyway to test where the oil is coming
> from? My rear air filter has a lot of oil blow by. I should clean it every
> 1000 miles or so. So is it coming from Valve stem seals, valve guides or
> rocker arm??? When I adjusted my valves I did not see a lot of oil pumping
> from the rocker arms. I plan to drive my car on a  3000 trip in Sept from
> Portland,OR to Deadwood, SD fro Conclave and thought I should address this
> before going.
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> Ira Erbs
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> Portland,OR
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> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
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> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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