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Is this right? #1
btaulbee91 Brett Taulbee Waterford, MI, USA Sign in to contact 1977 MG MGB	Topic Creator (OP) Apr 23, 2014 04:36 PM Joined 12 years ago 81 Posts

Hello,
I searched but I couldn't pull anything up. I am doing a carb swap on my 77 mgb. Anyways I pulled off all the old ZS stuff including the manifold and went to the store to buy a few things. When I got back I noticed oil leaking down the side of the engine coming from one of the threaded holes for the manifold studs. I am absolutely positive that this is where it is coming from (the hole has oil in it too). It is leaking very slowly (in 3 hours it didn't even leak enough to reach the ground). Is this normal? It seems abnormal to me but I could be wrong. I was just going to get some antiseize or some rtv and put a tiny bit on the bolt to be sure.
Thanks guys,
Brett Taulbee

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Re: Is this right? #2
dickmoritz Dick Moritz Philly 'burbs, PA, USA Sign in to contact	Apr 23, 2014 04:48 PM Top Contributor Joined 14 years ago 26,273 Posts

Yep. Normal...

Dick

Errabundi Saepe, Semper Certi
(Often wrong, but always certain)

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Re: Is this right? #3
ozieagle Herb Adler Geelong Victoria, Australia Sign in to contact 1958 Wolseley 1500 "Wooly" 1966 MG MGB "Bl**dy B" 1995 Toyota Highlander "Hi Ace Van" 2022 MG ZS	Apr 24, 2014 12:34 AM Top Contributor Joined 13 years ago 15,856 Posts

X2.

Those manifold stud holes go all the way through to the cylinder head studs holes. Be careful if you use bolts or threaded rod, you may wind up with grub screws on the head studs.

Herb

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Re: Is this right? #4
purdysmg John Harrison Gjettum, oslo, Norway Sign in to contact 1971 Morgan 4-4 "Pretend Norton" 1971 Morgan 4/4 1978 MG MGB "Topless Go Go Girl"	Apr 24, 2014 04:06 AM Joined 14 years ago 2,055 Posts

Yep one of the most frustrating things to happen to me. To pull the SU carbs, exhaust manifold and associated parts off to get to a leaky tappet cover, repair the cover leak reassemble and then find that one of the manifold studs to start leaking that was not before. Its like hey I'm a MG if you try to fix one leak I'm just going to find another place.

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