I am still picking up the ropes finding the correct terminology for
various,MG, mechanical parts. Moss's diagram described it as the
"cover".
But yes you are right it is the tappet cover, thanks for the correction
here, with vent tube. The reason the vent tube is not connected to
the intake manifold because it has Weber's after market manifold with
downdraft carb. In Weber's scheme of things that the vent hose attaches
to
the air filter instead of the manifold.
Yes I know that anti freeze spraying out of the tappet cover is bad
news. I am just wondering just how bad. Is there anyone out there who
had this problem? Should I expect a cracked block? I do know since
it's not smoking water through the exhaust, water is not finding it's
way into the cylinders or the valves. On second thought, it does appear
that the water is building up in the crankcase because the viscosity of
the oil appears very thinned with liquid. Heck, in worst case scenario
this may be good excuse to do a aluminum V6 conversion.
Thanks,
Peter Landy
Brooklyn, NY
'74 BGT
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> David Deutsch wrote:
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> Got a feeling you are mistaking the tappet cover vent hose (Which
> should be connected to intake manifold) with the heater core feed line.
> If you got "pure antifreeze" coming out of the tappet cover hose you
> got bigger problems than some screwey electrics.
> Safety Fast, David Deutsch
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