Worldly scions:
I have been driving a wonderful '76TR6 for several years now, and
have not had any performance problems with the powertrain. I have
always had some oil leakage past the head gasket (forward and
rearward), but no real worries. To make a long story short, I
recently performed a compression test and recorded the results (F to
B) as follows:
120-115-102-105-89-113
Naturally, I am concerned about the 89 in relation to the other
measurements.
The car runs great! I do not have a complete history of the car, but
I would guess that it has not been rebuilt. Probably 75,000 miles or
more on the engine(speedo has been replaced). Plug look great. No
burning oil. Should check the throw-out bearings sometime, I would
guess. Vacuum/distributor system is tight. EGR rebuilt and
functioning.
Now for the strange part. When I remove the oil filler cap the
engine bogs down - almost stalls. Now, I admit that I'm no ace
mechanic but his seems strange. Can someone explain all this.
Andrew Murray Sr.
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