PVANDAL@aol.com wrote:
>Last fall I purchased a '73 MGB driver to sit along side my '62 AH-BT7 and
>'68 TR-250. Although both the latter vehicles leak oil, it in no way comes
>close to the MG.
>What are the normal places to
>begin to control the circumstance?
Check the tappet covers below the carbs. If that side of the engine is
caked in greasy filth, you've likely found the problem in a perished gasket.
Happens a lot.
Replacing the gaskets is cheap and straightforward enough, except you should
probably remove the manifolds first. I took the lazyman's way here and
ended up with black Permatex from elbow to fingertips. Man, I looked like
Brer Rabbit after his run-in with the Tarbaby. Then I had to do it all over
again because the gaskets didn't seat correctly, and the car was leaving a
nice breadcrumb-trail of oil everywhere I went.
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