Joe:
Check out the book by Williams on "How to restore a TR250/TR6". As I
recall (been a while since I read it) the seam between the head and the
block for the lifter galley is very prone to leaks. Sounds like this is
what you have.
Williams recommends that when installing the head gasket, a film
of hylomar or other non-setting sealer be applied to prevent this. He
claimed that a "mist" of oil would seep out between the head and the
block if this was not done.
Sounds like you need to pop the head off, replace the gasket, and
add a little hylomar.
Cheers,
Vance
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1974 Mimosa Yellow Triumph TR6
Cogito Ergo Zoom
(I think, therefore I go fast)
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe18d@aol.com [mailto:Joe18d@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 1:18 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: trouble finding an oil leak
I am having trouble finding an oil leak on my '69 TR6, I have had the car
about 6 months and have receipts for the engine rebuild at a Brit car shop
in
Tampa, Fl. The engine has about 500 miles on it now and there is an oil leak
around the back half of the distributor side of the engine. Now here lies
the
problem, is it possible to leak oil from the head gasket? There is a sheen
of
oil on the engine serial # flat and all along the head/block junction on the
drivers side after even a short drive of 5 miles. I cannot find a leak any
higher up on the engine. I should mention that the engine runs fine and
there
is no sign of oil / water cross contamination. Any ideas are appreciated.
Thanks, Joe in NH /// CC25856L
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