<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">First check by unscrewing the oil filler cap, before removing the valve cover, to see how much oil is squirting out. <div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 21, 2025, at 8:10 PM, Al Fuller <alfuller194@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>Agreed. Rocker shaft wear is easy to check - just warm up the engine then idle it with the rocker cover removed. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Proper function will have oil dribbling over the rockers, while worn shaft will spurt oil into the air. One of my Healeys shot oil up to the bonnet underside!</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">________________<br>Sent from my phone <br>Best Regards,<br>Al Fuller</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 21, 2025, 12:57 PM Harold Manifold <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">manifold@telus.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Carl and Gerry,</div><div><br></div><div>The oil pressure might be a bit low once the oil gets hot.</div><div><br></div><div>What grade of oil are you currently using? The cold start pressures you mentioned sound perfectly normal, which indicates that your oil pump and oil release valve are functioning correctly. Until the release valve opens, the pressure is determined by the resistance within the oil distribution system.</div><div><br></div><div>At low RPMs and with hot oil, wear on the rocker shaft could be a possible cause for the pressure drop.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Harold</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM carl and gerry rubino via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<div>COLD START 60 LBS. DRIVEE ACROSS TOWN 50, ON HIGHWAY 60, BACK IN TOWN DROPS TO 20 IN 3RD GEAAR, 30 IN SECOND GEAR,<div><br></div><div>IS THIS S A PROOBLEM?</div><div><br></div><div>NO OIL LEAKS ANYWHERE-DIPO STITICK SAYS "ok"</div><div><br></div><div>1957 BN-4</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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