Subject: [Healeys] Oil Leak

From: Bob Spidell <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 15:17:28 +0000 (UTC)

Yeah, I know... 

We've fixed them all in our BN2 (100M) except for one nagging leak. Oil appears to be leaking at the bottom of the bellhousing, where it's bolted up to the rear engine plate. We installed a rear main seal and there is little, if any, coming from the usual source (the hole in the bellhousing with the cotter in it). We were careful/diligent with gaskets and used a discreet amount of gasket sealer wherever it seemed appropriate.(like on the large gasket between the block and the engine plate). The cigarette-shaped felt gaskets that came in the kit that go around the rear main bearing cap seemed a bit undersized, but we used them. 

Any ideas? Could the seam between the rear main bearing cap and block--with the undersized felt, cigarette-shaped plugs on either side--be the cause? We get a few drops on the floor after a 4-5 mile run. 

TIA, 
Bob 

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 
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