You should have drained the block before removing the head. (water
jackets are full of antifreeze.) The bits could be pieces of piston
ring.
On Aug 15, 2007, at 8:41 PM, triumphs-request@autox.team.net wrote:
> From: "tab" <boggiano@charter.net>
> Date: August 15, 2007 8:11:33 PM MDT (CA)
> To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [TR] TR 4 White smoke out the tail pipe - Follow up /Update
>
>
> 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
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