[Healeys] massive oil leak

[Jim Ryan]

I second that.  But I still think I'd go with the spin on oil filter. I had
mine on that card for 40 years before I sold the car. I always had
miscellaneous drips from places but never from the filter.

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 4:36 PM Jonathan Einhorn <einhornlawoffice at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The doctors have a saying: "When you hear hooves, think horses, not
> zebras", meaning, look always look first for the simplest explanation.
> (also known as Occam's Razor). Its easy enough to get another gasket (if
> it's a canister), and try again.
>
> jon
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 2:12 PM Roger Grace via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2 occasions on different AH cars with spin ons I had bad (not massive)
>> oil leaks it that area.
>> In both, it was leaking where the spin on adaptor attaches to the block
>> with those allen head bolts.
>> They had worked loose.
>> The leaking oil was visible when idling from downstairs.
>> It would be worth checking them for tightness when you have the filter
>> off.
>> rg
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 7:30 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <
>> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I had my Exxon Valdez moment when the rubber sealing ring in the
>>> original filter was not properly located. 60+/- psi and, of course, my not
>>> realizing what was going on…..messy. Luckily, I had to back out of the
>>> garage and walk over to open the gate. So at least I spotted the leak
>>> before I drove off.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Years ago, in my student days, a fellow Healey owner….. He had a
>>> girlfriend whose father was less permissive than she was. He, cunningly (he
>>> thought) parked his car at the crest of their drive so he could freewheel
>>> down the slight gradient until he was away from the house. So, come the
>>> dawn, he sneaks downstairs and does exactly that. But the drive had an
>>> electronically controlled gate with a kind of knuckle thing in the centre
>>> of the tarmac against which the gates would locate. This thing somehow
>>> knocked his sump nut off. He switched on, drove off, ran it dry and wrecked
>>> the engine. Hey ho.
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Michael
>>> J Maloney via Healeys
>>> *Sent:* 21 October 2022 13:38
>>> *To:* Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com>
>>> *Cc:* Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>; i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] massive oil leak
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My experience with massive oil leak occurred when I replaced original
>>> filter with a spin-off.The problem was at the engine block and the adapter
>>> for the spin off. I had to modify the adapter by filing a small notch in
>>> it,so that it fit flat against the block. Problem solved THEN the cleanup
>>> began!
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