<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob,
<div>Is this an oil leak you speak of or is it the factory-installed antirust option? I have it installed on my BJ8.<br>
:)</div>
<div>Keith<br>
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From: rfbegani@gmail.com<br>
To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>
Sent: Wed, Jan 5, 2022 9:28 am<br>
Subject: [Healeys] Oil leak from rear of engine<br>
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<div class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">I know there have been discussions on oil leak from the rear of the engine. However, in reading through the archives I found this inquiry:</span></div>
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<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">When I rebuilt my AH3000 engine, I fitted an after market rear seal. </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">Unfortunately after I buttoned everything up and started the engine I </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">discovered a troublesome oil leak. So out came the gearbox, the clutch </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">flywheel and the engine back plate. Upon careful examination of the </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">rear seal, I can find absolutely no leak. However, there is oil weeping </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">from the bearing cap that holds the cam in place.</span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;"> </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">Is this normal? Can the bearing be replaced with the engine in the car? </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;"> </span></div>
<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">Thanks,</span></div>
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<div style="background:#EEEEEE;" class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;">Larry Swift</span></div>
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<div class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">There were no responses to the inquiry. So can the cap that holds the cam in place be removed while the engine is in the car. Could the cap be sealed from the outside with todays technology of sealants? Also, according to the external engine diagrams in the moss catalog it does not show the back of the engine or the cap. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Looking for answers to my continued oil leak problems.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Regards,</span></div>
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<div class="yiv8487461118MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Bob Begani</span></div>
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