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To: allanballard@att.net, tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Oil consumption
From: Carmods@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:45:29 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Allen,
 
Without baffles, the oil gets sucked into the intake manifold through the  
PVC tube and burned in the combustion chambers. If you remove the PVC tube 
just  after running the engine, you will see oil inside the tube. There 
should be  none.
 
I solved the rocker clearance problem by reinstalling the baffles closer to 
 the cover's inside surface, especially where the rockers interfered and  
installed an additional thick rubber gasket for more clearance.
 
I did some hammering to the sheet metal above the rocker cover for  more 
installation clearance. The extra rubber gasket is flexible so it can be  slid 
over the rocker cover and under the flange after the cover is in  place.
 
John Logan
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/7/2011 3:22:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
allanballard@att.net writes:

John,


Yes, the baffles had to be removed for the covers to fit over the rockers  
that came with the aluminum heads...


But...if that much oil was blown out...wouldn't it be all over the motor  
around the oil filler cap - or could it vaporize and not smell of burned  oil?


Rgds,


Allan Ballard
Mk1a

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 7, 2011, at 2:54 PM, _Carmods@aol.com_ (mailto:Carmods@aol.com)  
wrote:





Hi Allen,
 
Have you removed the baffles in the rocker covers of your 289?  Your oil 
consumption sounds like my crate 302 without the baffles. After  reinstalling 
them, the oil consumption has gone to less than 1/10 of a quart  after 2500 
miles. 
 
John Logan
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/7/2011 12:48:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time, 
_allanballard@att.net_ (mailto:allanballard@att.net)   writes:

How  much oil loss is normal for a fresh 260 - 289 every 3,000 miles?

Is  zero the correct answer?

I may have a serious problem. I just drove  2,000 highway miles, mostly at 
65
to 70 miles an hour.

The 289  lost 31/2 quarts of oil.

No smoke, no stink, no puddles of  oil.

I haven't gone under the car yet, not sure what to look  for.

Thanks in advance,

Allan Ballard
Mk1a  Tiger
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