>From: Brian Borgstede <borgstede@umsl.edu>
>Reply-To: Brian Borgstede <borgstede@umsl.edu>
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Trouble here in river city
>Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 09:25:58 -0500
>
>>Wet (few squirts of oil in spark plug holes)
>92 180 195 170 195 and #6... 7psi.
>
>I figure that #1 has a leaky valve,
>I took the valve cover off to check #6 to see if the
>valves where closing. The stems are going up and down
>as normal.
>My plan was to drive the car for teh summer and start the
>restoration this winter. I know that the head Has to come off,
>and the rings are worn.
>
>Could I be missing something here?
>Can I just drive it for the summer?
>What kind of leak causes zero to 7psi. compression?
Possibly a burned valve... However the "oily" plug leads me to
suspect either a bad seal on your valve guide or a cracked piston
ring... Unless it's just gas that looks oily. Hmmm, bad to worse,
huh? Not to give you false hope, but I've not ever heard of just
one guide go funky... Usually they all wear.
I'd pull the head and have a quick recce. If it's a burned valve a
new valve, a head gasket and a quick trip to the machine shop
should have you on the road again quickly. If a burned valve is all
you're looking at, have the shop reseat all your valves... It may
also take care of that low reading in #1. If you're going to
rebuild the engine at a later date doing the head now will be one
less thing to worry about later.
Good luck
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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