Unfortunately, he might have a problem with one of the oil ways in the block
leaking into the water. The oil pressure is higher then the water pressure and
will then pump oil into the water system. It begins with a little oil in the
water and only gets worse until there is a load of oil in the coolant system.
It will then gum up the collant system and create total havoc. The only way to
repair this is to either have a jacket installed in the block or replace the
block. This is a known problem with BJ7 blocks (ask me how I know).
Bill
BJ7
> From: healeymanjim@hansencc.net
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:27:40 +0000
> Subject: [Healeys] oil where it should not be
>
> a new member joined our car club this morning. he showed up in a beautiful,
newly restored 65 bj8. he has had it since 1970 and says he is the second
owner. he had it restored somewhere in california and the restorer had subbed
out the engine work. he stated he was having a problem with oil in his cooant,
and had had it drained and replaced at least three times. everything was stock
except for a 6 blade fan and new aluminum radiator. i took the cap off and
stuck my finger in there to the second joint and it was all oil of some kind.
we ran it for a few minutes and i checked the sump for milky oil, but it was
clear and was full to the mark. engine ran fine with no miss, and i was in a
hurry and forgot to check for air bubbling up in rad, but is it possible that
head gasket is on wrong allowing oil to get to water but not the other way. i
told him i would check with "brain trust" and see if i could get some ideas on
where to start. thanks for any help. hjim
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