Allan,
This doesn't sound good to me. Back in the early 70's when I replaced a
head gasket on my old MGB for the first time it ran great for 3 days then
started smoking again like a Stanley Steamer. Off went the head and upon
closer
inspection I found a small crack between two cylinders.....very small, hard to
see but under a good light it was there. What did I learn from
this!!??......check the head very carefully - better yet have it magnafluxed
by a shop
before finishing the job. There's a reason why head gaskets fail and quite
often it's not solely the gasket's fault (unless you owned a Ford Taurus but
that's another story that will never need to be repeated thanks to ownership
of a
quality automobile from an Asian manufacturer).
Check the head!!!
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA
1976 TR6 CF57822U
In a message dated 6/9/2008 3:01:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
areich@telus.net writes:
After 1/2 hour of running, it
was till smoking the same amount. The car
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