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I saw the most bizzare oil leak on a race Spridget a couple of weeks back. O=
il was everywhere. Turns out the Oil was leaking from the main oil gallery e=
nd plugs. Front and rear. You know, those brass or aluminium plugs that you s=
mack in to seal the ends of the main oil galllery.=20
Peter tapped them on the Healey engine and fitted screw in bungs when my eng=
ine was built 20 years ago, which is what=E2=80=99s going to happen with thi=
s sprite!!
You can lose a lot of oil very quickly from these plugs!!!
Best
Chris=20
> On 27 Mar 2021, at 8:44 am, Bob Begani via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net=
> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF
> When we rebuilt my BJ8 Engine I bought the Oil Seal from Moss and my machi=
nist friend installed it. I am confident he did a good job drilling and tapp=
ing holes etc. I had hoped that I would not have rear crankshaft oil leaks.=
In the past year I have driven the car a little over 1,000 miles 25 miles a=
t I time and recently noticed those infamous oil spots on the driveway. Tod=
ay I visited my British Car friends at Tech Central in Bonita Springs a 100-=
mile round trip on I-75 nonstop at 65-75 mph. Fortunately, I carried 2.5 qu=
arts of oil because I had to use it to fill the crankcase when I got there a=
nd had to add 2.5 quarts when I got home. In addition, I notice the clutch s=
lipping in 4th gear in overdrive if I accelerated. No doubt caused by oil o=
n surface of the friction plate.
> =20
> When I got home the weep hole in the transmission bell housing was produci=
ng one oil drop every three seconds and when running the engine at fast idle=
one drop of oil every second.
> =20
> Has anyone had a failure using this seal conversion kit?
> =20
> Bob Begani
> =20
> =20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr">I saw the most bizzare oil=
leak on a race Spridget a couple of weeks back. Oil was everywhere. Turns o=
ut the Oil was leaking from the main oil gallery end plugs. Front and rear. Y=
ou know, those brass or aluminium plugs that you smack in to seal the ends o=
f the main oil galllery. </div><div dir=3D"ltr">Peter tapped them on th=
e Healey engine and fitted screw in bungs when my engine was built 20 years a=
go, which is what=E2=80=99s going to happen with this sprite!!</div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">You can lose a lot of oil very quickly from these plugs!!!</div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Best</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Chris </div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On 27 Mar 2021, at 8=
:44 am, Bob Begani via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br>=
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oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-=
serif">When we rebuilt my BJ8 Engine I bought the Oil Seal from Moss and my m=
achinist friend installed it. I am confident he did a good job drilling and t=
apping holes etc. I had hoped that I would not have rear crankshaft oi=
l leaks. In the past year I have driven the car a little over 1,000 mi=
les 25 miles at I time and recently noticed those infamous oil spots on the d=
riveway. Today I visited my British Car friends at Tech Central in Bon=
ita Springs a 100-mile round trip on I-75 nonstop at 65-75 mph. Fortun=
ately, I carried 2.5 quarts of oil because I had to use it to fill the crank=
case when I got there and had to add 2.5 quarts when I got home. In ad=
dition, I notice the clutch slipping in 4<sup>th</sup> gear in overdrive if I=
accelerated. No doubt caused by oil on surface of the friction plate.=
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt=
;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial&qu=
ot;,sans-serif">When I got home the weep hole in the transmission bell housi=
ng was producing one oil drop every three seconds and when running the engin=
e at fast idle one drop of oil every second.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sa=
ns-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Has anyone had a f=
ailure using this seal conversion kit?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-se=
rif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-=
size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob Begani<o:p></o:p><=
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rmal"><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-ser=
if"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>________________________________=
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