You wrote:
>In spite of all this, believe it or not, the engine does start and the
>car actually moves. After taking the car home, the folowing day I
>started the MG, allowed it to idle for a while. After about 10
minutes
>of idling I noticed some sort of liquid spraying from the rubber hose
>leading the the vent tube attached to the cover on the side, driver,
>engine. Upon closer inspection I recognized it to be pure anti
freeze.
>Funny thing is that it didn't seem like there was much oil mixed with
>the spray. According to the Moss catalog the cover has something
called
>the oil seperator so maybe this is the reason only water is leaving
but
>not oil? Any ideas where this antifreeze is leaking from?
>
Got a feeling you are mistaking the tappet cover vent hose (Which
should be connected to intake manifold) with the heater core feed line.
If you got "pure antifreeze" coming out of the tappet cover hose you
got bigger problems than some screwey electrics.
Safety Fast, David Deutsch
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