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Re: More TR6 engine questions

To: rick <rbacon@netcom.ca>
Subject: Re: More TR6 engine questions
From: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 14:53:21 -0800 (PST)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, rick wrote:

> The engine is out of the car, easy enough. I do have a couple of questions:
> 
> - I scraped out a cup full (!) of a grayish mastic like stuff from the bottom
> of the oil pan. What's that?

I think it's contaminated oil (duh)- water and oil make an icky compound,
usually light brown but I guess gray is possible.

Could have antifreeze in it too (but I wouldn't taste it, all the same)

-Malcolm


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