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RE: Blown head gasket? Oil in sump...

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Subject: RE: Blown head gasket? Oil in sump...
From: "Chris Lillja" <Chris_Lillja@pupress.princeton.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:42:58 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
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Dave,

You might wanna' check your fuel pump. The diaphragm can go -- then the oil
sump gets flooded with gas. No gas in the carbs.

Good luck!

Chris Lillja
'66 TR4A
'74 Norton Commando 850
'71 Spit MKIV
http://members.aol.com/lilljaweb/index.html

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Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 5:33 PM
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Subject: Blown head gasket?



   Started the car the other day, heard a bad noise then car wouldn"t start.
Thought that was the end of driving for the year but gave it a few more
cranks. It fired up but didn't seem to have the same power, definitly
sounded
different. I checked the oil thinking there might be water in the oil from a
blown gasket. Didn't see any bubbles in oil but the level was up and it
seemed to smell of gasoline. Oil pressure on the guage is down also. Is this
a blown head gasket or hopefully not something worse. I drove the car
several
miles. It's about time to park it for the winter. Where do I start?

                                    Thanks
                                    Dave 67 TR4a



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