[Healeys] Glycol in oil

[Bob Spidell]

The blocks have areas with less metal between oil and coolant passages 
that are known to rust through. I don't know how much material, if any, 
'hot-tanking' removes, but there is likely some variance in the castings 
to begin with.

https://www.scparts.co.uk/sc_en/repair-kit-1172.html


On 11/14/2023 12:58 AM, Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys wrote:
>
> Sounds like a head gasket, cracked cylinder head or an internal crack 
> in the block. Possibly incorrectly torqued down head so start 
> re-torquing may help but I am not very optimistic.
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
> Op 14-11-2023 om 05:15 schreef Roger Grace:
>> 67 BJ8
>> Approx 15k mi on rebuilt engine by PO.
>> Recently detected water droplets and creamy oil residue inside valve 
>> cover and near oil filler.
>> Pains as engine and car run so well ... grr
>> Did compression test and all OK at around 150 psi
>> Also had oil analysis done that confirmed glycol in oil. Interesting 
>> no water found ... assume gets burnt off ?
>> Upon reflection realise had been losing some coolant. Have recently 
>> installed a recovery reservoir and attributed the loss to air being 
>> removed. Silly me.
>> So need some ideas how to proceed and if there is a likely culprit 
>> area  that others may have encountered ?
>>  Maybe start by re torqueing the head ?
>> Not sure how to retest though apart from another oil test.
>> Remove head ?
>> Thoughts and ideas please
>> rg
>>
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