[Healeys] Does synthetic oil leak more?

Michael Oritt michael.oritt at gmail.com
Mon Jan 13 13:45:42 MST 2020


Bob Spidell said *"I was leak free for the first 60 years ...  "*

I think it is unreasonable to ask of our cars more than we do of ourselves.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 12:58 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> I was leak free for the first 60 years ...
>
> On 1/11/2020 9:23 AM, Ron Fine wrote:
>
> I was sure I was going to be the first one to have a leak free Healey when
> I rebuilt my engine/transmission in 2004.  It was leak free for the first
> year or so, but, after that I have the usual drips.  I keep a piece of
> cardboard under the car to keep track of the leaks.  I assume that age and
> use just opens up the leaks over time.
>
> Ron Fine
>
>
>
> *From:* Jean Caron
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 11, 2020 8:57 AM
> *To:* Harold Manifold ; warthodson at aol.com ; 050.rpl at gmail.com ;
> healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Does synthetic oil leak more?
>
>
> Harold,
>
> It is possible to have a leak free Austin-Healey, once the oil has all
> drained out!!!!!!!
>
>
>
> Jean
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
>
>
> *From: *Harold Manifold
> *Sent: *January 11, 2020 10:53 AM
> *To: *warthodson at aol.com; 050.rpl at gmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] Does synthetic oil leak more?
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> All of your observations are a factor. Here are some comments from an
> article about synthetic oil leaks:
>
>
>
> Synthetic oil WILL NOT cause leaks. It may however make already worn-out
> gaskets/seals more evident, by leaking past them, and/or cleaning any
> sludge and other gunk that was sealing the existing leak. This is because
> Synthetic oil has much better cleaning properties, flows much better than
> conventional oil, and hence also lubricates much better than conventional
> oil (This is a good thing).
>
>
>
> I use a GL-4 synthetic gear oil in my transmission and it leaks. Believe
> it not not one of the leak mechanisms is from the interior along the bolts
> and drips from the bolt head on the exterior. I am changing the gaskets on
> my transmission and trying bonded sealing neoprene washers on the fasteners.
>
>
>
> I may be pursuing the impossible dream of a leak free Healey.... Harold
>
>
>
> *From:* warthodson at aol.com [mailto:warthodson at aol.com <warthodson at aol.com>]
>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 11, 2020 7:24 AM
> *To:* manifold at telus.net; 050.rpl at gmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Does synthetic oil leak more?
>
> I am not a leak expert, but I find this hard to understand. For there to
> be a leak there has to be a hole. Is it because the synthetic oil molecules
> are smaller than the non-synthetic oil molecules? Given that the "holes"
> come in different sizes this seems illogical. Is it because the synthetic
> oil is more slippery? How is that measured? How much more slippery is it?
>
> Gary Hodson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net> <manifold at telus.net>
> To: 'R. Lindsay' <050.rpl at gmail.com> <050.rpl at gmail.com>; 'Healey List'
> <healeys at autox.team.net> <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 7:55 pm
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rear Axle Oil
>
>
> The biggest difference you will notice with synthetic gear oils is they
> leak
> more than non-synthetic.
>
>
>
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