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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Worn rocker shaft would be my first guess. Remove the rocker cover, lay an old towel over it and secure it. Start the car and look under to see if any oil is shooting up from the cap bores, versus oozing out over the shaft. If so, worn shaft. If you don’t mind the possibility of oil on the underside of your bonnet, you can forego the towel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>josef-eckert@t-online.de<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Healey, Forum <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] oil use<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Typical 6 cylinder Austin-Healey problem. Usually the rocker shaft is worn and oil is spread all over under the rocker cover. Rocker number 10 or 11 is directly under the ventilation and blows oil directly into it.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Problem solved by replacing the worn rocker shaft and new bushes for the rockers. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Let it done by a specialist, as it needs some Healey engine knowledge to do it right.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Josef Eckert</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Königswinter/Germany</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Op 19-2-2019 om 21:14 schreef i erbs:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Short of pulling my head, is there anyway to test where the oil is coming from? My rear air filter has a lot of oil blow by. I should clean it every 1000 miles or so. So is it coming from Valve stem seals, valve guides or rocker arm??? When I adjusted my valves I did not see a lot of oil pumping from the rocker arms. I plan to drive my car on a 3000 trip in Sept from Portland,OR to Deadwood, SD fro Conclave and thought I should address this before going.<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ira Erbs <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Portland,OR<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> _______ _______<br> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)<br> (_________________________)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> BT7 engine and disk brakes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1967 MGB <img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg" alt=MG><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________ Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> Suggested annual donation $12.75 Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/coudesluijs@chello.nl">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/coudesluijs@chello.nl</a> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>