Graham -
1) I believe that plug is used in the block manufacturing process to
create an oil channel for the engine itself.
2) Priming an oil filter is a pretty simple but messy process. Simply
fill the cannister with the filter and oil, and then screw on the
mounting elbow and then fit it up to the block as fast as you can
before the oil leaks out. With some practice you can do this without
spilling that much oil. Alternatively you can simply just soak the
filter until it is saturated with oil... this will be more or less the
same, but less oil will be retained in the cannister after assembly.
My recommendation to you, however, is to get a spin on adapter and
only use the cannister set up when you are showing the car. The
cannister is messy, doesn't filter as well, and many modern spin on
filters have check valves to keep oil from draining out of the filter
back into the sump when the engine is off.
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:10:51 EST, GLWilkieAlaska@aol.com
<GLWilkieAlaska@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Listers,
>
> I have some questions with regard to the six cylinder engine Healeys.
>
> Whilst degreasing and cleaning the engine block recently (engine still in
> car) I noticed a plug on the left side of the block, between the cylinder
>block
> Coolant Drain Tap, and the Oil Gauge Pipe Connection.
>
> The Workshop Manual refers to this as "Plug, oil filter feed hole." (Hmm, the
> filter lives on the other side...)
>
> Next I checked the manual's instructions for renewing the oil filter element.
> (I'd always just changed it in the past without priming the new element.)
> Sure enough, as I dreaded, it said "put in a new element, prime the filter,
>and
> refit..."
>
> Now I'm a bit confused and would appreciate any responses to the following
> questions.
>
> 1. What is the purpose of the "Plug, oil filter feed hole" on the left side
> of the engine? Am I supposed to overcome the challenge of accessibility, and
> pour oil into this hole, to prime a new oil filter element once it is
>installed?
>
> 2. The wording of the Workshop Manual implies that a new oil filter element
> is primed prior to reinstalling. How is this best accomplished?
>
> Any light that anyone could shed on this matter for me, would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Graham Wilkie.
> HBJ8L / 32382
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