Allan Replies:
Randall thanks for your help .. see below for answers. I am going out
now to start it up again, heat it up and do the 2nd torquing down of
the head .. maybe that will fix all (just dreaming)
Randall wrote:
I have just replaced a blown head gasket and now have a smoking TR3 !
Where was it blown ?
Between 3 and 4
After filling it with fresh oil, I started it up and there
was lots of
smoke .. it was not blue or too smelly.
>From exhaust or crankcase breather ?
From Exhaust
After 1/2 hour of running, it was till smoking the same amount.
Idling or being driven ?
Idling, then lots more when you depress accelerator
I checked the dipstick and I did notice tiny bubbles (maybe three or
four on the dip-stick) ... must be residue of water that was stuck in
the pan and other hidden storage areas.
IMO if you can still see water after 1/2 hour, you've still got a water
leak. What happened to the level in the radiator after cooling ?
Radiator seems ok .. but I know there was residue in oil pan
- Do you think just changing the oil will fix things?
Seems very unlikely to me.
- Is the tiny bit of water in the slipping by the oil rings?
Not sure of the question; should be no water either above or below the
rings.
I thought there was always a minute amount of oil taken up the
cylinder walls, I was wondering if the water would slip by the rings
easier than the oil
- Can I just run it and it will eventually burn/steam off?
Again it seems unlikely; but I guess you don't have much to lose by trying.
IMO it would be unusual for a head gasket to blow between the water jacket
and the openings to the crankcase; more likely you have a cracked head or a
leaking "Figure 8" gasket. If it is the head gasket, then most likely
something else is mechanically wrong, like the liners protrude too far or
the head/block are not flat or possibly a damaged (stretched) head stud.
Randall
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