[Fot] oil leak

[RACER BUD]

Jeff...
..give it a compression test before tearing stuff apart..but it sounds like 
a broken piston ring.
RB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Clark" <jsclark at live.ca>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:54 PM
Subject: [Fot] oil leak


> Friends, I need some advice.
> 71 GT6 6 cyl vintage race car . At present running triple 40 mm Webers. 
> After
> two races last year and one test day last Friday on a rebuilt engine, we 
> have
> developed an oil leak at the head gasket on the left side of the engine.
> After the test day I noticed the 1 qt filtered oil catch can plumbed from
> rocker cover was full, indicating blow by ? Should I install a new head
> gasket? more crank case ventilation? build another motor?
> Thanks
> Jeff Clark
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