[Healeys] high oil consumption

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Valve guides or valve stem seals.

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 17-9-2019 om 16:22 schreef Bob Spidell:
> What brand/viscosity oil is he using?
>
> If it really isn't leaking it can only be burning it; I'd expect quite 
> a bit of blue smoke out the tailpipe.  My BJ8's engine was rebuilt a 
> couple years ago and uses some, less than this one, but isn't leaking 
> it--I was under it yesterday--and I only get a little blue smoke after 
> a long downhill run in gear.
>
> Bob
>
> On 9/17/2019 7:16 AM, warthodson--- via Healeys wrote:
>> Our local AH club will be checking a BJ8 for high oil consumption 
>> this weekend. He says it is not leaking out. We will verify that when 
>> we inspect it.
>> He added 8 quarts of oil on the round trip to Conclave recently (2100 
>> miles total). The engine was professionally rebuilt in 2011. The 
>> engine builder has recently retired & moved to a Caribbean island so 
>> we cannot contact him, true story.
>> In 2012 he used 6 quarts of oil on a 5000 mile trip. About 2-3 years 
>> ago I checked the compression, performed a leak down test & inspected 
>> the spark plugs. Every thing was in the normal range.
>> My question is: If the engine passes all the usual tests this 
>> weekend, what are some of the unusual ways you have come across that 
>> could cause high oil consumption & how would we test for them?
>>
>> Gary Hodson
>>
>
>
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