- 1. Oil Leaks - Rear Main Seal/Tappet Covers (score: 1)
- Author: "Warren Pruitt" <wpruitt@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 11:24:11 -0500
- Thanks to those who responded regarding my rebuilt engine backfire and failure to start. Received those responses to a different address and now can't get to them. Solved by reinstalling distributor
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00985.html (7,767 bytes)
- 2. Re: Oil Leaks - Rear Main Seal/Tappet Covers (score: 1)
- Author: "Dan Ray" <raydan67@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:14:40 PST
- Inject RTV into it? Now THAT's an interesting idea. I have a hefty leak from my rear main and the only thing I've heard that fixes it is pulling the engine and replacing it (of course, I've got to r
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00997.html (8,065 bytes)
- 3. Re: Oil Leaks - Rear Main Seal/Tappet Covers (score: 1)
- Author: H4aardvrk@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:00:56 EST
- << Now have 75 psi oil pressure and leaks from the tappet covers (mainly rear) and the rear main bearing cork seal. I used the cork seals on both tappet covers. Should I have used the rubber seals? A
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01000.html (7,670 bytes)
- 4. Re: Oil Leaks - Rear Main Seal/Tappet Covers (score: 1)
- Author: REwald9535@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 01:18:31 EST
- Where did this 50 Lbs of pressure number come from? (75-25). My B's have always run warm at about 70, so I checked my Bentley manual on page 49 it says and I quote "system pressure: running...... Be
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01020.html (8,182 bytes)
- 5. Re: Oil Leaks - Rear Main Seal/Tappet Covers (score: 1)
- Author: "Warren Pruitt" <wpruitt@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 07:35:59 -0500
- Solved the tappet cover leaks by putting the seals on the bolts. I guess that is what those black things are. I probably wrote erroneously about the "rear main seal". It is not leaking from the rear
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01026.html (7,432 bytes)
- 6. Re: Oil Leaks - Rear Main Seal/Tappet Covers (score: 1)
- Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:43:24 -0700
- I figured this message might elicit some comments. I have owned 3 MGBs and they ran between 65-70 psi. If it dropped below 60, it was either time to add more oil or it was time to change the oil. Te
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01041.html (8,468 bytes)
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