- 1. Re: 1965 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:43:35 -0000
- Alberto - I assume you are going to remove the head anyway (gunge in the oil filler cap wouldn't by itself require head removal) in which case I would do the head first, then the breather as part of
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- 2. 1965 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Alberto Manganini" <albmang@tiscalinet.it>
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:17:39 +0100
- Hi all! After a while I'm back asking you about mech. matters. 1) Adding some oil to my little mgb, I noticed that the filler cap was internally covered with a sort of a tan-coloured "cappuccino foam
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01020.html (7,012 bytes)
- 3. Re: 1965 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 13:26:51 EST
- - - - - - - - - - - - - The tan foam is generally an indication of water mixing with the oil. Not a good thing. If the car is not used frequently, this could be normal condensation. You should change
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01027.html (7,286 bytes)
- 4. Re: 1965 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Brinkman, Gerardo V" <GB127167@exchange.DAYTONOH.NCR.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 10:15:57 -0500
- Probably nothing to worry about. This time of year, with the cold temps and little MG use, it is just condensation in the engine mixing with the oil and producing the tan coloured froth you see. Take
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01057.html (7,076 bytes)
- 5. Re: 1965 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:41:01 -0000
- It looks like you should have a control valve on the LHS of the rocker cover that has a pipe going straight down onto the inlet manifold and another coming off the side and going to the front tappet
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01064.html (7,406 bytes)
- 6. Re: 1965 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Alberto Manganini" <albmang@tiscalinet.it>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:56:07 +0100
- cover don't the Yes, in fact looking at some pictures, I've just seen that that sort of mushroom-shaped valve is missing on my car. It seems that the breather in my case is connected to a pipe that
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01097.html (8,094 bytes)
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