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Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption

To: "allanballard@att.net" <allanballard@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption
From: "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:39:10 -0500
How is your PCV system plumbed? If you don't have good baffles in the valve
covers, then you may end up sucking a lot of oil vapor into the intake
manifold especially at high vacuum (i.e. highway cruise) conditions.

Theo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of allanballard@att.net
> Sent: September 7, 2011 10:41 AM
> To: rfraser@bluefrog.com
> Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Tigers] Oil consumption
>
> How much oil loss is normal for a fresh 260 - 289 every 3,000 miles?
>
> Is zero the correct answer?
>
> I may have a serious problem. I just drove 2,000 highway miles, mostly
> at 65
> to 70 miles an hour.
>
> The 289 lost 31/2 quarts of oil.
>
> No smoke, no stink, no puddles of oil.
>
> I haven't gone under the car yet, not sure what to look for.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Allan Ballard
> Mk1a Tiger
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:25 AM, " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The Parts List has 2 part numbers listed
> > C4JZ-10039-A up to B9471618
> > C4JZ-10039-B from B9471619
> >
> >    I have no idea what the difference is between these two.   The
> stock
> > Ford bracket has an opening for the dip stick and at sometime Ford
> reduced
> > the size of that opening which generated a new casting number.  I
> don't
> > think either of these brackets has a dip stick opening but I don't
> know for
> > sure.
> >
> > If I recall correctly the Tiger Generator bracket has no casting
> number.
> >
> > Ron Fraser
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of drmayf
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 9:44 AM
> > To: tigers@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger generator bracket
> >
> >
> > Just for curiosity, what is the casting or part number on the piece?
> And
> > here is a serious question: If this comes from a MK1A  can it be used
> to
> > restore a MK1 and still retain provenance?
> >
> > drmayf
> > ---------------------------------
> > world's fastest sunbeam. period.
> > Flying mile average: 204.913 mph
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> >
> >
> > On 9/6/2011 6:27 AM, Harry Elam wrote:
> >> I have the generator bracket from B382002027, if someone still needs
> a
> >> known original.
> >>
> >> Harry Elam
> >> B382000471
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