settimo velo
Contributing Member
My engines underwent an initial test run yesterday, out of the boat. They both started first time and seem to run well!
I have just uploaded a short video of one engine running, on the Facebook link given below. After a 15 minute run the only issue I have found is a thin trace of oil along the lower edge of the right hand head gasket. I guess the oil channels are close to the edge of the head and the water channels nearest the cylinder bore. There is no sign of any water getting in the oil.
Is this kind of oil leak a characteristic of these engines?
Vintage British automotive engines usually leak oil like a sieve, so my instinct is not to worry about this for now. Ultimately the engines will be tested under load in the boat, so I expect that I'm not really going to know what they're like until then?
If the cylinder head does need to come off to have a new gasket fitted when the engine is in the boat then I do not suppose that it is going to be significantly more difficult to do that with the engine in the boat than out.
What would you do?
I have just uploaded a short video of one engine running, on the Facebook link given below. After a 15 minute run the only issue I have found is a thin trace of oil along the lower edge of the right hand head gasket. I guess the oil channels are close to the edge of the head and the water channels nearest the cylinder bore. There is no sign of any water getting in the oil.
Is this kind of oil leak a characteristic of these engines?
Vintage British automotive engines usually leak oil like a sieve, so my instinct is not to worry about this for now. Ultimately the engines will be tested under load in the boat, so I expect that I'm not really going to know what they're like until then?
If the cylinder head does need to come off to have a new gasket fitted when the engine is in the boat then I do not suppose that it is going to be significantly more difficult to do that with the engine in the boat than out.
What would you do?