[Fot] TR4 piston & liner life span

Steven Belfer steve at artwithcars.com
Sat Oct 29 19:48:24 MDT 2016


You want to check the piston to wall clearance to make sure it's still in spec. My car runs well with the old parts. 

~Steve


> On Oct 29, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Bill <ponobill at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oil pressure variations are unlikely to have anything to do with pistons and liners. 
> 
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>> On Oct 29, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Terry Stetler <TLizzard at msn.com> wrote:
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>> That does not sound out of the bounds of reality to me.  It’s about what we get with Jeff’s TR3.
>>  
>> How many hours of runtime is that for you?
>>  
>> Total hours is the only real way to know.
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>>  
>> Terry Stetler
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>> From: Jim Gray
>> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 5:38 PM
>> To: fot at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Fot] TR4 piston & liner life span
>>  
>> Greetings FoT,
>> I just finished perfect season sans one session where I snapped off my gas pedal but better that than the brake.
>> After two great seasons on the motor I started seeing some fluxuations in my oil pressure so I’m going to go ahead and rebuild it.
>> I’ll do a compression test today after a quick spin around the neighborhood.
>> Anyway, I just wanted to see what folks typically get for piston & liner life. I’m really only seeing a couple seasons.
>> Thanks for the input,
>> Jim g
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