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Re: [TR] TR 4 White smoke out the tail pipe - Follow up /Update

To: Jim Bauder <jimbpps@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR 4 White smoke out the tail pipe - Follow up /Update
From: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:24:09 -0600
Jim Bauder wrote:
> I pretty much agree with what has been said by others.
>
> One thing that I see in the photo is what looks to me like orange silicon 
>gasket
> sealer in the water passage between the two cylinders. In my opinion, if that 
>is
> what it is, I would tear down the whole engine and hot tank it to get rid of
> that stuff! It is not good to have inside an engine!
>
>   

Yeah, I saw that, too, but didn't make any judgment about what it was. 
If silicone had been used on the head gasket surfaces at last assembly, 
that might also explain why the head gasket failed in the first place.  
Definitely a no-no.



Cheers.

-- 
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM

Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
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