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Re: Oil leaks

To: spitlist@gte.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Oil leaks
From: "john matthews" <john__matthews@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 21:33:11 -0800 FILETIME=[D2ADE960:01C07AC6]
Joe,

It's just a matter of time....

You should have been there when my partner forgot to properly tighten the 
drain plug on the GT-6 they used to run in GT3. His wife came around turn 15 
at Thunderhill fishtailing like crazy, she barley missed hitting the pit 
wall. She killed the engine and all the rest of the oil came gushing out 
onto pit lane. Needless to say we bought the beer that night!!!

Cheers,

John Matthews
'61 Herald
'63 TR-4
'78 Honda Civic ITC #48

Joe Curry wrote:

John,
I guess I have a problem then!  Tiny Tim the Race Spit has no 
leaks....Yet!!!!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed, The SCCA frowns on oil being dumped on the
course!!! :)

Joe

John Macartney wrote:
>
>I'm not sure I feel like abandoning the stock setup just to get
>something
> > >that leaks.  Anybody seen a setup for the TR4 that does NOT leak?
>
>In which case, something somewhere has gone wrong. I've never seen a
>Triumph yet that didn't leak oil. Mine leak all over the place - and
>they leaked on the showroom floors when they were new. Thus, one has
>"a stock set-up" if there's lots of territory marking. All part of the
>continuous self-changing lube systems. In any case, what does anyone
>expect for less than a thousand quid?
>
>Jonmac


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