- 1. Re: Engine troubles... (score: 1)
- Author: "Ramm, Andy" <ARAMM@sv.tbgi.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 9:26:18 -0600
- You say consumption, but does that mean burning? It could be a deteriorating rear main seal that only leaks at higher oil pressures. As for the rotary, the seals can go on those, and 100K miles is ab
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00019.html (7,953 bytes)
- 2. RE: Engine troubles... (score: 1)
- Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 16:07:00 -0800 (PST)
- 1)LBC Engine Trouble: ** Blowby pushing oil into the carb via breather hose from crankcase? My friend rebuilt the engine in his 1974 MGB this summer, and he is having a problem with excessive oil con
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00032.html (7,831 bytes)
- 3. Re: Engine troubles... (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lambdin <E720LAM@TOE.TOWSON.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 09:32:35 -0500 (EST)
- Regarding your RX-7...are you familiar with the Wankel engine of the early (?) 70s? The reason for its demise was the constant failure of the apex seal. Usually via wear (due to the material used) b
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00049.html (7,840 bytes)
- 4. RE: Engine troubles... (score: 1)
- Author: VRHS43A@prodigy.com (MR JOHN H TWIST)
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 18:16:15 EST
- CHRIS REICHLE! Your friend's 1974 MGB has a problem with the piston rings. This is evident to me since the engine "pushes" a lot of oil at higher rpm -- enough to blow into the carb! I always use cas
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00072.html (7,083 bytes)
- 5. Engine troubles... (score: 1)
- Author: dmorris@cosmos.ab.ca
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 95 17:35:36 +0000
- 1)LBC Engine Trouble: My friend rebuilt the engine in his 1974 MGB this summer, and he is having a problem with excessive oil consumption at sustained engine speeds above 3000 RPM. The engine seems t
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00623.html (7,032 bytes)
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