The rocker arm assembly is worn out. If you remove the valve cover
and start the engine you should only get a small amount of oil coming
out the top of the rockers. Yours will be gushing out. This is a
common problem on the 6 cylinder Healey's.
We have these units available rebuilt on an exchange basis.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Aug 24, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd wrote:
> Hi guys, I have an interesting issue where I seem to be venting
> excess oil out
> of the rear carb air filter on my BJ8. The engine runs great and
> the oil
> pressure is good but I seem to have excess oil dripping out of the
> air filter
> and down onto the exhaust system. The oil levels are also correct,
> but I do
> seem to use or loose about half a pint on a 200 mile trip.
>
> I thought that perhaps that the air filter needed cleaning and that
> the engine
> was breathing more out of the crank case than it should and sucking
> the oil
> out. I've cleaned the filters but the problem remains. I think the
> next option
> is to do a compression check to see if I have a ring problem where
> the crank
> case is being pressurised or perhaps valve stem seals?
>
> My gut feeling is that I'm going to have to pull the engine out
> eventually but
> are there any other thoughts before I have to go this far?
>
> Kindest Regards
>
> Tom
>
> 1965 AH3000 MkIII BJ8
> 1960 MGA1600
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