[Healeys] Fwd: 100 air cleaners.

[Alan Seigrist]

looking at your picture of the filter assembly backplate it seems like
there is a little bit of oil blowby inside of the seal, so the filter
itself probably sits up just enough for air to get by.  Eitherway, looks
like a nice way to maximise oil leaks!

On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 1:51 AM Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay,  so back to the original question.
> How come the filter blocks off the engine breather tube?
>
> M
>
> On Wed., Aug. 9, 2023, 12:01 p.m. Jean Caron, <
> vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>> I have the same type of elements in the BN2 I am currently restoring.
>>
>> Jean
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada’s largest network.
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>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Michael
>> Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 9, 2023 7:11:33 AM
>> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> *Subject:* [Healeys] Fwd: 100 air cleaners.
>>
>> Hi John,
>> This is the element that I'm talking about.  It is a cleanable type and
>> is what was in this car with less than 30K miles.
>> The elements have a "rubber" ring on each side and the filter medium in
>> somewhat like a pot scrub.
>> Is that not the original type?
>> M
>>
>> On Wed., Aug. 9, 2023, 5:02 a.m. john harper, <ah100tech at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> I cannot be sure but it looks as if this is fitted with a dry filter
>> element. The originals had an oil-wetted element that had to be washed out
>> in paraffin from time to time and then re-wetted. Rather messy.
>>
>> I don't have a filter to hand but perhaps the wetted type did not block
>> the breather pipe.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 at 05:22, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> This picture shows an original BN1/2 front air cleaner back plate and an
>> original air filter element.
>> Interestingly when this unit is assembled the "O" ring of the element
>> almost completely blocks off the engine breather tube in the back plate
>> which renders the engine breather system inoperative.
>> Bit odd?
>>
>> M
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