On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, "Mr. Mike" Passaretti wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Bob" == Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU> writes:
> Is this different than the 4's? I ask because I had a mystery
> oil leak on Sonja for over a year. It only happened when she
> was a little hot and was being driven at highway speeds for
> extended times. I would end up with a puddle of oil in the
> well in front of the Brake/Clutch MC's and behind the tyre,
> and a misting elsewhere back there. It turned out to be a
> loose mounting bolt for the coil, which extended into an oil
> passage. I put a new spring washer on there and re-torqued
> and everything is happy now. Should I be worried that my coil
> mounts through to an oil gallery?
I don't know about TR4's, someone else will have to chime in there. I do
know that on a TR6 - if there is oil coming out of those holes you have
other problems! The oil gallery is inches below the coil mount.
> -MM
rml
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