Hi All:
I have a sad story to tell. Yesterday was a beautiful day in
Boulder, my first father's day, and the Rocky Mountain Triumph Club's
annual picnic. Since my wife and I now have a third person to
transport, we decided to take both our Triumphs, a '58 TR3 and '72
TR6. I was following my wife who was in the 6. After about 10 to 15
minutes into the drive I noticed that the 6 started to blow some blue
smoke (THIS IS BAD). It seemed to get worse as the day progressed
(THIS IS VERY BAD).
Today, I took the car out for a drive and noticed the following
symptoms. I am not a mechanic, so please bear with me. Again, for
the first 10-15 minutes that car seemed fine. There was no smoke that
I could see from the driver's seat and the oil pressure was a little
above 50 when the car was idling and above 75 when at 3000RPM (THIS IS
GOOD). Then I started to notice the smoke. A little at first, but
more as I continued to drive. Also, the oil pressure started to drop
so that by the time I stopped it was about 20 when the car idling and
about 50 at 3000RPM (THIS IS VERRRY BAD). The smoked was more evident
when I was accelerating or engine breaking. The only other weird
thing that I noticed was that when I accelerated the oil pressure
dropped for a second or two. I don't know if this is normal.
The only other relevant information about the car is that I had the
head totally rebuilt about 1000 miles ago. I put a significant amount
of money in it, so please don't tell me this is serious. I am hoping
that one of you will tell me that the head is not torqued down enough.
Let me thank you all before hand for all your help.
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Hal Levison
Geophysical, Astrophysical, (I) hal@gort.space.swri.edu
& Planetary Sciences (D) swri::levison
Southwest Research Institute
1050 Walnut St, Suite 429 (303) 546-0290
Boulder, CO 80302 Fax: (303) 546-9687
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