Re: [TR] update - the mystery continues

["Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>]

> No valve seals on a TR3 engine.  Could be worn valve guides 
> but in my experience those usually manifest themselves by 
> allowing oil to seep into the cylinder when the engine is off 
> and produce blue smoke briefly at start-up.

An exception might be if someone has fitted the external oil feed to the rocker 
shaft.  I installed one years ago on an engine with
badly worn guides, and it did indeed suck an incredible amount of oil past the 
intake guides.  I literally got a warning letter from
the CA equivalent of the EPA, due to excess smoke!

Randall


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