I pulled the head this evening (broke a head stud in the process so I will
have to attend to that). The head itself, (valves, seats...) looks fairly
good.
There is definitely something going on in the third cylinder it was quite wet
as compared to the remainder of them. The rest just have a light coat of
carbon on them.
It also has what looks like metal solder on the top of the piston. You can see
it here,
http://webpages.charter.net/boggiano/photo.htm
Any idea what it could be? Part of the head gasket? It is stuck on the piston
and does not seem like it will go anywhere easily.
Does this mean that I need to go further down into the engine?
All help appreciated
Thanks
Tom
From: "tab" <boggiano@charter.net>
Date: August 14, 2007 6:15:41 PM MDT (CA)
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] White smoke out the tail pipe
TR List
My TR4 seems to have developed a large whiteish plume of smoke from the
tail
pipe, most evident on acceleration but it seems like it is always there.
Oil pressure is fine 70 at speed 40-50 at idle when warm. Oil looks clean
when
I changed it tonight. Compression is fine at each of the cylinders
It does seem to be "loosing" cooling antifreeze but there is no leak or
puddle
Other than the smoke which concerns me as something new it seems to be
running
acceptably.
So before I go more in-depth where should I start looking there is still
plenty of driving time this season which I would hate to loose but dont
want
to damage anything too badly
Thanks
Tom
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