[Healeys] oil use

[i erbs]

Yup coming from crankcase hose. Ive got a lot of advice. Will get a
leakdown test done and see what I find.
Thanks everyone

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 3:49 AM Kees Oudesluijs <coudesluijs at chello.nl wrote:

> This is possibly coming from the crank ventilation. This often happens if
> the sump has been overfilled with oil or if there is serious blow-by
> because of worn bores/pistons/rings.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
>
> Op 19-2-2019 om 21:14 schreef i erbs:
>
> Short of pulling my head, is there anyway to test where the oil is coming
> from? My rear air filter has a lot of oil blow by. I should clean it every
> 1000 miles or so. So is it coming from Valve stem seals, valve guides or
> rocker arm??? When I adjusted my valves I did not see a lot of oil pumping
> from the rocker arms. I plan to drive my car on a  3000 trip in Sept from
> Portland,OR to Deadwood, SD fro Conclave and thought I should address this
> before going.
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
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