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Re: To hot TR-6

To: Michael Cline <mcline@c4.com>
Subject: Re: To hot TR-6
From: Bollen <bollen@ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 18:42:51 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <3435BD83.402E@c4.com>
Michael Cline wrote:
> 
> I need some helpful suggestions. My 1971 TR-6 engine was just fully
> rebuilt. It started right up bringing me great joy!! Them the
> temperature just kept climbing and climbing. It is running way to hot. I
> took out the thermostat. Water is circulating as all hoses are hot. The
> radiator was flushedand tested. I am very frustrated. I will check the
> valve adjustments again and I will open up the mixture screws on the
> carb. Could it just be running extreemly rich and overheating?? Any
> suggestions from the list

I had that problem many years ago on a Morris . At the ripe old age of
21 I had the motor rebored, and didn't gap the rings, which were way too
tight. Result was severe overheating and broken rings.


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