<div dir="auto">Seems oil could leave arournd threads of dashpots or out vent holes in dashpots<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>1959 AH 100-6<br>1967 MGB<br>Milwaukie, OR</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 6:46 AM healeyguy--- 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>Contemplating the damper oil loss. What is the path of the engine vacuum that allows/causes the oil to disappear. </div>
<div>If the engine is not running there is no vacuum, therefore no way for oil loss in an SU carb.</div>
<div>Engine running, engine vacuum could potentially pull at carb parts interface that control the oil reservoir at two locations, </div>
<div>That being the fit of the damper plunger tip to the tube in the piston or the fit of the outside of the piston tube to the chamber. </div>
<div>Suspect that oil loss is a result of a poor fit at these locations.</div>
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<div>Actually Bob even that is too much ... resistance
just before the cap reaches the threads is sufficient. At that
level I find that the oil never goes away.
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<div> My observation as well. I fill them until you feel
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<div>you don't need that much oil in the HD8 pistons
for this to work correctly. HD8s throw all excess
oil out the vent... so if you are overfilling it
will all go out anyway.</div>
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<div>The main thing to check is to take the dampers
out and slide them back in with the shaft straight
up, and if you feel resistance toward the bottom....
you don't need to refill. I suspect you are
overthinking it. I used to think HD8s use too much
oil until I realised they don't need all that much
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<div>Ok have spoken to Joe who was most helpful.<br clear="none">
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<div>We did some measurements together over the
phone and established that my dampers are
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<div>He says that he has encountered this before
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<div>Suggests that I run the dashpots dry then
start again.</div>
<div>In meantime he will do more research.</div>
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