<html><body>A passage from the book "Healeys and Austin-Healeys" by Browning & Needham, p.75, shows that the problem of oil in the bell housing was a longtime issue with the Healey, and the cause to loose a race or quarts of oil, which ever came first.<div><br></div><div>So, if you see a puddle of oil on the floor, check your gearbox level, as well as the engine sump...old Healeys like oil. Hank<br><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net><br>To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Thursday April 29 2021 12:15:11PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tracking the Oil Leak...<br><br>
Good idea.<br><br>
On 4/29/2021 11:55 AM, Jim Cox via Healeys wrote:<br>
> Regarding the discussion on a bell housing oil drip--how about
adding<br>
> a dye to the transmission and verifying that the leak is
actually from<br>
> the engine?<br>
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