<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Up date.</div><div>So re-torqued head. Only one nut moved 3/4 turn. Added some of that Barrs leaks to coolant. Rigorous oil change (cooler too)<br></div><div>After 425 mi on new oil had another analysis done and pains still glycol present.</div><div>Now have head off.</div><div>Nothing really obvious.</div><div>Suggestions where/what to look for ?</div><div>Plan to take head to a machine shop for truing.</div><div>Thoughts <br></div><div>rg<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Roger Grace</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:roggrace@telus.net">roggrace@telus.net</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 8:15 PM<br>Subject: Glycol in oil<br>To: Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="auto">67 BJ8<div dir="auto">Approx 15k mi on rebuilt engine by PO.</div><div dir="auto">Recently detected water droplets and creamy oil residue inside valve cover and near oil filler.</div><div dir="auto">Pains as engine and car run so well ... grr</div><div dir="auto">Did compression test and all OK at around 150 psi</div><div dir="auto">Also had oil analysis done that confirmed glycol in oil. Interesting no water found ... assume gets burnt off ?</div><div dir="auto">Upon reflection realise had been losing some coolant. Have recently installed a recovery reservoir and attributed the loss to air being removed. Silly me.</div><div dir="auto">So need some ideas how to proceed and if there is a likely culprit area that others may have encountered ?</div><div dir="auto"> Maybe start by re torqueing the head ?</div><div dir="auto">Not sure how to retest though apart from another oil test.</div><div dir="auto">Remove head ?</div><div dir="auto">Thoughts and ideas please</div><div dir="auto">rg</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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