[Fot] water in the oil

[triumph_marx at freenet.de]

Besides a crack in the stud area ( have a look at the stud hole in the block
next to the oil supply to the head) of the block maybe it comes from the liner
foot. A snippet what I have written to a froum a week ago:

"I found corrosion at the fig. 8 gasket on several engines, in one case the
gasket failed from corrosion and water went through into the sump.

>From my point of view the most important thing to do is to prevent the gasket
from getting wet so the gasket is only a spacer and not a gasket anymore.

To avoid the fig. 8 gasket from getting wet I use a thick layer of silicone on
both sides of the gasket, apply silicone on the sleeve and the block seat.
Then I fit it wet in wet together and compress it with screwing on the head
and torgue it up to 90 Nm.
The silicone is squeezing out and does seal the whole liner bottom area.

Never failed 'till now.

Chris "


----- Original Message -----
From: <KENMUN at aol.com>
To: <FOT at AUTOX.TEAM.NET>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: [Fot] water in the oil


> fot, i need advice on fixing a problem of water in the oil in my tr3 vintage
> racer. the problem began when i milled the head to increase the cr to
10.5/1.
> advice at the time was that i needed the steel head gasket. i've tried 3
> different composite head gaskets and 2 configurations of steel gasket. in
one
> degree or another the problem returns after a very short time of running.
i've also
> tried all brands of head/ head gasket repair products. the liners stand
above
> the block around.002/.005".in desperation i returned to a stock head and
> gasket. the problem is still there. i know the modified head was a prime
suspect
> but,what are other ways for water to get into the oil and how would know?
> thanks, ken m.
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