[Healeys] oil use

[Bruce Steele]

Worn rocker shaft would be my first guess.  Remove the rocker cover, lay an old towel over it and secure it.  Start the car and look under to see if any oil is shooting up from the cap bores, versus oozing out over the shaft.  If so, worn shaft.  If you don’t mind the possibility of oil on the underside of your bonnet, you can forego the towel.

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of josef-eckert at t-online.de
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] oil use

 

Typical 6 cylinder Austin-Healey problem. Usually the rocker shaft is worn and oil is spread all over under the rocker cover. Rocker number 10 or 11 is directly under the ventilation and blows oil directly into it.

Problem solved by replacing the worn rocker shaft and new bushes for the rockers. 

Let it done by a specialist, as it needs some Healey engine knowledge to do it right.

 

Josef Eckert

Königswinter/Germany

 

 

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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