[Healeys] Glycol in oil

[Wayne Schultz]

Yes, it was!

On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 10:16 PM Roger Grace <roggrace at telus.net> wrote:

> Wayne - you are a star !
> I got lucky and think that I have found it.
> Started by removing the center tappet side cover.
> Just like your experience - mine is below the center cover mounting boss;
> there is a ridge there just above the distributor drive.
> Was this where the one you worked on was ?
> Actually looks someone tried to repair it before. Have no idea what they
> used, but is a soft white putty like substance and the oozing got worse
> when I removed it. Had the coolant under pressure.
> So now have to clean up and think about a repair technique.
> Thank you for responding .
> rg
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Roger Grace <roggrace at telus.net>
> Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 8:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Glycol in oil
> To: Wayne Schultz <waschu2 at gmail.com>
> Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
>
>
> Wayne,
> Thank you. That sounds very similar to my situation. Not quite sure that I
> understand what you mean by the boss that goes down to the sump ? Is this
> the oil return path - interesting. Yes, my plan is to get the pan off and
> pressurize the coolant with some dye in it and hopefully locate it.
> So your repair was done with the tappet side covers off ? Maybe that is a
> block weakness and I get lucky with a similar fault.
> rg
>
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> On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 9:14 PM Wayne Schultz <waschu2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Roger,
>> My friend who had a  Healey 3000 had  a similar issue. We would
>> find coolant in the oil on the dipstick and filler cap. I found when we
>> pressurized the cooling system with the engine warm, no leak noted, with
>> the engine cold a slight coolant leak in pressure. I decided to drop the
>> oil pan to look for leaks and found a very slight leak internally dripping
>> into the oil pan area. We found that the leak was from the boss in between
>> the 6 and 7 tappets.  With that  tappet cover off we could see coolant
>> drips forming in that boss running down into the pan area. It would only
>> leak when cold. Porosity? I think so. I decided to Peen  the boss with a
>> punch and seal with JB Weld. It has been good ever since. I suggest
>> dropping your oil pan to look for leaks might be the least invasive first
>> step in locating your problem.    Good luck.
>>
>>                Wayne
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