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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Even then, I wouldn’t be 100% confident. </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>😊</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ardmore, NZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Jean Caron <vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 12 January 2020 5:58 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> Harold Manifold <manifold@telus.net>; warthodson@aol.com; 050.rpl@gmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Does synthetic oil leak more?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Harold,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>It is possible to have a leak free Austin-Healey, once the oil has all drained out!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Jean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-CA><a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">Harold Manifold</a><br><b>Sent: </b>January 11, 2020 10:53 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com">warthodson@aol.com</a>; <a href="mailto:050.rpl@gmail.com">050.rpl@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Does synthetic oil leak more?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Hello,</span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>All of your observations are a factor. Here are some comments from an article about synthetic oil leaks:</span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Synthetic oil WILL NOT cause leaks. It may however make already worn-out gaskets/seals more evident, by leaking past them, and/or cleaning any sludge and other gunk that was sealing the existing leak. This is because Synthetic oil has much better cleaning properties, flows much better than conventional oil, and hence also lubricates much better than conventional oil (This is a good thing).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>I use a GL-4 synthetic gear oil in my transmission and it leaks. Believe it not not one of the leak mechanisms is from the interior along the bolts and drips from the bolt head on the exterior. I am changing the gaskets on my transmission and trying bonded sealing neoprene washers on the fasteners.</span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>I may be pursuing the impossible dream of a leak free Healey.... Harold</span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><img border=0 width=708 height=1 style='width:7.375in;height:.0083in' id="Horizontal_x0020_Line_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D5CA19.0D3778B0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com">warthodson@aol.com</a> [<a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com">mailto:warthodson@aol.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 11, 2020 7:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">manifold@telus.net</a>; <a href="mailto:050.rpl@gmail.com">050.rpl@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Does synthetic oil leak more?</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I am not a leak expert, but I find this hard to understand. For there to be a leak there has to be a hole. Is it because the synthetic oil molecules are smaller than the non-synthetic oil molecules? Given that the "holes" come in different sizes this seems illogical. Is it because the synthetic oil is more slippery? How is that measured? How much more slippery is it? <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Gary Hodson<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Harold Manifold <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">manifold@telus.net</a>><br>To: 'R. Lindsay' <<a href="mailto:050.rpl@gmail.com">050.rpl@gmail.com</a>>; 'Healey List' <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>Sent: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 7:55 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rear Axle Oil<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>The biggest difference you will notice with synthetic gear oils is they leak<br>more than non-synthetic. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>