I may be wrong about this but my old Dolomite used to do exactly this even
after a rebuild and I was told it was condensation? or blocked breather
tubes from the cover to the carbs. It ran fine for many-a-year with this
condition.
Ian Southwell, Coventry
GT6 Mk3 x 2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KEVIN EDDINS [SMTP:eddinsk@NRISO.NOLA.NAVY.MIL]
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 1998 2:33 PM
> To: Spitfires@Autox.Team.Net; dware@uk.ibm.com
> Subject: Blown head gasket, or worse? -Reply
>
> I can't think of it being anything else other than the head gasket.
> Unless
> someones been putting water in your crank case.
>
> Kevin
>
> >>> David Ware <dware@uk.ibm.com> 10/30/98 08:10am >>>
> I've noticed this twice now, a creamy substance in the rocker cover,
> mainly
> around the oil cap.
> Is this an indication of a blown head gasket?
>
> I've checked for other signs, I've run a compression test and they all
> seem
> fine,
> each within 10 percent. No loss of coolant (as far as I can tell) and
> there
> isn't any air being
> blown into the coolant expansion tank.
>
> Am I on the right track with the head gasket?
>
> David Ware
>
> 77 Spitfire 1500 (UK)
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