Thanks for your response, Egil.
I have taken the remote feeder off as I figured it was delivering too much oil.
I agonised for hours over where the leak was coming from and replaced the
rocker gasket and used silicon as well. I even got a small mirror to see the
back of the block and head. It's not coming from the rocker gasket.
I've decided to live with this for the time being.
Regarding compression and pinging, I'm using super grade petrol and there
appears to be no pinging with the timing at 2 degrees BTDC.
Regards,
Bob Hutton
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From: Egil Kvaleberg[SMTP:egil@kvaleberg.no]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 1997 4:53 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: 6cyl valve guides & springs
On 13 Oct 1997, Bob Hutton wrote:
> (I could never figure out why the increase was so great since the
> original delivery holes in the block and head appear that they should be
> adequate).
As has been pointed out many times on this list, the original feed
through the block is limited on purpose, and for a reason I might add.
I would definitely advice against adding an extra oil feed to the rockers
if your engine does not have valve seals.
> One problem I encountered was a leakage of oil from the back of the
> head via the head gasket.
Are you really sure that the leak is from the head gasket? That is quite
uncommon. It is more probable that it actually is from the rocker cover
gasket due to the increased amounts of oil now present in that area.
> Presumably my head is not true at that spot and
> since the feeder hole is so close to the edge, the extra oil (and
> pressure?) found its way out.
I find this slightly unlikely, since there is a compressible copper washer
in the head around the feeder hole that should take up any unevenness.
Egil
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