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Trying to contact Alan R.
Hi Alan, Noel told me to contact you regarding a breather problem and oil leak from a 1954 BSA A7 engine.
He said you might be able to shed some information as to how the engine breathes, could this be from a small hole drilled in the underside of the crankcase on the primary side?
Oil is being sprayed out from maybe this hole or the back of the primary chain case or the back of the gear box. When the engine gets hot its sprays out and covers every thing so you cannot identify any specific place, Have you any Idea's many thanks jim.
My email is [email protected]. Many thanks

Jimbo, had an A10 when a kid,that spewed a heap of oil out the breather as you mentioned one day on a ride. Got a stick of the side of the road and hammered it up into the hole, rode home without a further problem, pulled the stick out and never had a problem again, no idea why it decided to do this

Hi JIMBO------- It sounds like piston ring blow-by to me but I don't have personal experiences of the A7 engine as such.... However I did find this whilst searching for answers >>>>>>> http://www.a7a10.net/forum/index.php?topic=2476.0

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