[Healeys] oil use

[Kees Oudesluijs]

This is possibly coming from the crank ventilation. This often happens 
if the sump has been overfilled with oil or if there is serious blow-by 
because of worn bores/pistons/rings.

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 19-2-2019 om 21:14 schreef i erbs:
> 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.
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
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