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21. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: jeremiah at curryclan.net (Jeremiah Curry); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:34:45 -0700; Howdy all, I while back I had some card trouble on a long drive to my new house. The consensus was the my headgasket was blown. Usual symptons: overhating, white smoke, steam or smoke coming from val; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00424.html (8,848 bytes)
22. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: wbeech at flash.net (Wbeech); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:05:58 -0600; Sure is, sounds like the break is just allowing coolant to be sucked into the combustion chamber. DTDT. Sent from mobile Bill http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/wbeech at flash.net; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00425.html (10,321 bytes)
23. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: jeyoung_2 at yahoo.com (John Young); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:09:09 -0800 (PST); Yes, it is. The cause of the discoloration in oil and/or coolant is one of them getting into the other through the gasket leak. If the leak is from the combustion chamber directly to the outside, tho; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00426.html (10,548 bytes)
24. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: spitlist at cox.net (Joe Curry); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:21:44 -0700; Could also be a cracked head. --Original Message-- From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Wbeech Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:06 PM; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00427.html (11,875 bytes)
25. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: jeremiah at curryclan.net (Jeremiah Curry); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:04:07 -0700; Someone else mentioned that if it is the headgasket I should see bubbles in the radiator with the cap off. Would that be true for the type of problem Bill mentioned? I don't, but i didn't let the mot; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00429.html (9,700 bytes)
26. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: spitlist at cox.net (Joe Curry); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:31:43 -0700; If it is a crack, it may be that one of their welds did not hold. _____ Someone else mentioned that if it is the headgasket I should see bubbles in the radiator with the cap off. Would that be true f; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00430.html (13,113 bytes)
27. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:50:42 -0800; Unfortunately, I'd say that almost guarantees that one of the welds didn't hold. Welding cast iron is very tricky, and the result is almost always not as strong as the original casting (which wasn't; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00432.html (10,374 bytes)
28. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: wbeech at flash.net (Wbeech); Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 18:20:55 -0600; You know you're going to have to pull the head, 45min, let us know what you find. Sure hope it is only the head gasket. Presumably when they magnafluxed the head it was checked for true at the same t; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00434.html (13,687 bytes)
29. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: diggle at clear.net.nz (diggle at clear.net.nz); Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:07:12 +1300; I agree with Randall, my TR4 head went between 2 and 3 about 10 years ago without bubbling or the oil and water mixing. I had the head welded up. Jim and the TR4.; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00436.html (9,690 bytes)
30. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: jeremiah at curryclan.net (Jeremiah Curry); Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:03:09 -0700; Wow you must be a better mechanic than me (it doesn't take much) I have spent about 2 hours and have it to the point where I should be able to pull the head now. However I can't get it to budge, but; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00459.html (14,067 bytes)
31. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: wbeech at flash.net (Wbeech); Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:36:03 -0600; All studs, thermostat housing, intake/exhaust manifold. I hope you are using a plastic or dead-blow hammer... not a big ole ball peener. I don' think I would use compression as this might cause the s; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00460.html (15,579 bytes)
32. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: jeremiah at curryclan.net (Jeremiah Curry); Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:48:26 -0700; I got the manifolds and thermostat housing off. I just took the head nuts off the studs. Do I need to take the studs off too? _____ All studs, thermostat housing, intake/exhaust manifold. I hope you; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00461.html (15,071 bytes)
33. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: sumton at sbcglobal.net (oliver); Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:56:45 -0600; use the rope trick to get the head off; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00463.html (10,771 bytes)
34. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: cak at dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev); Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:03:47 -0800; There's the "rope trick". Turn the engine until 1 and 4 are at BTDC. Take a length of hemp rope - you'll need 20 feet perhaps - and shove it into the #1 and #4 spark plug holes, as much as you can.; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00464.html (10,539 bytes)
35. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:18:10 -0800; No. I almost never remove the studs unless there is a problem, and even then I remove the head first. To loosen the head, I find that it is usually sufficient to gently pry between the bottom of the; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00465.html (10,937 bytes)
36. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: tr4a2712 at yahoo.com (Cosmo Kramer); Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 05:42:08 -0800 (PST); Happy Holidays List! Chris K. wrote: It might work. There's a good chance that you've got a lot of rust on the studs, and even if it's no longer rusted between the studs and the head, there will be a; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00469.html (10,155 bytes)
37. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: jeremiah at curryclan.net (Jeremiah Curry); Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:04:39 -0700; Thanks Randall and everyone else for the advice. I was able to use the prying method and get the head off. Now I have the liners secured and covered. My question is how do I tell if the old gasket wa; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00501.html (11,995 bytes)
38. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: spitlist at cox.net (Joe Curry); Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:20:26 -0700; I'd have the head checked and not worry about the old gasket. You won't want to use it in any case. If the head checks good you will then want to reassemble it using a new gasket. Joe --Original Mess; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00502.html (12,802 bytes)
39. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: tony at tonydrews.com (Tony Drews); Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:43:18 -0600; I've changed many a blown head gasket. In my case, it was normally a milky oil deal. Maybe one or two were blowing water out of the radiator instead of into the oil. At any rate, sometimes you can te; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00504.html (13,217 bytes)
40. [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil? (score: 1): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:18:52 -0800; I agree. It's not always apparent where it was leaking. But be sure to check the liner protrusion on both sides. Two engines in a row now (for me) have had the top of the block not quite square to t; /html/triumphs/2011-12/msg00510.html (10,142 bytes)

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