[Mgs] Question About Oil Loss

[Charley & Peggy Robinson]

 I had a Fiat Spyder DOHC engine that leaked oil from one cam seal.  
Couldn't get it stopped until I realized the oil was going around the 
seal, not through it.  Gasket cement around a new seal cured the problem.

  I put Speedi-Sleeves on both ends of the crank in my MGB engine.  The 
rear seal leaks and the front doesn't.  Doesn't leak a lot but I'll find 
a small puddle under it when the car is parked for an extended time. 
Another leak source is the filter adapter seal.  Have you isolated it?

  CR

 


wilkmanracing at aol.com wrote:
> I've had the following experience with both an MGB (race car) I used to own
> and an MGA (street car) I currently own.  After the rebuild of the engines in
> both these cars, oil leaked from the rear crankshaft "seal" area.  In both
> cases, the cars were relatively leak-free while running, but dropped
> significant amounts of oil after turning the engine off.  
>   
    Bill Wilkman