[Healeys] oil use

[Bob Spidell]

It's (another) long shot, but the vent 'T' on the valve cover should 
have a baffle spot-welded on the inside bottom.  If that was missing I 
think you could suck up a lot of oil even if the rockers weren't spewing.


On 2/19/2019 9:53 PM, i erbs wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>     Ira,
>
>     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.
>
>     John Spaur
>
>     San Jose, CA
>
>     *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
>     <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
>     <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
>     *Subject:* [Healeys] oil use
>
>     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
>
>         _______      _______
>          (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>     (_________________________)
>
>             BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
>     1967 MGB MG
>
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