<div dir="auto">Bob - I put on a seal and still have leaks.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">David - thanks for the insight. Something to look for.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 6:22 PM David Nock via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>These seals on the 6 cylinder cars are acutally a secondary rear main seal.
The original scroll seal is still there. Usually if there is a leak after
installing the aftermarket rubber seal it is not the main seal. It is usually
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<div>To leak 2.5 quarts of oil in 100 miles is major. I would be looking
at other places first. Get some UV oil dye from the local parts store and put in
the oil. Then look to see where it is actually coming from.</div>
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<div>Oil flex hose to gauge, rear of valve cover, etc. Also have seen them
leak along the side of the rear main cap to the block, if they are not sealed up
correctly.</div>
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<div>If it is the rear main leaking that much oil the seal will never stop it.
You probably had to little clearance on the rear scroll and the seal surface is
damaged.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer">Bob
Begani via Healeys</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 26, 2021 2:40 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] 6-cylinder Rear Crankshaft Oil Seal Conversion
Kit</div></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Arial",sans-serif">When we rebuilt my BJ8
Engine I bought the Oil Seal from Moss and my machinist friend installed it. I
am confident he did a good job drilling and tapping holes etc. I had hoped
that I would not have rear crankshaft oil leaks. In the past year I have
driven the car a little over 1,000 miles 25 miles at I time and recently noticed
those infamous oil spots on the driveway. Today I visited my British Car
friends at Tech Central in Bonita Springs a 100-mile round trip on I-75 nonstop
at 65-75 mph. Fortunately, I carried 2.5 quarts of oil because I had to
use it to fill the crankcase when I got there and had to add 2.5 quarts when I
got home. In addition, I notice the clutch slipping in 4<sup>th</sup> gear
in overdrive if I accelerated. No doubt caused by oil on surface of the
friction plate.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Arial",sans-serif">When I got home the
weep hole in the transmission bell housing was producing one oil drop every
three seconds and when running the engine at fast idle one drop of oil every
second.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Arial",sans-serif">Has anyone had a
failure using this seal conversion kit?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob
Begani<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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