[TR] TR 4 White smoke out the tail pipe - Follow up /Update

[dkspence at telus.net]

You should have drained the block before removing the head. (water  
jackets are full of antifreeze.)  The bits could be pieces of piston  
ring.


On Aug 15, 2007, at 8:41 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> From: "tab" <boggiano at charter.net>
> Date: August 15, 2007 8:11:33 PM MDT (CA)
> To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [TR] TR 4  White smoke out the tail pipe - Follow up /Update
>
>
> I pulled the head this evening (broke a head stud in the process so  
> I will
> have to attend to that). The head itself, (valves, seats...) looks  
> fairly
> good.
> There is definitely something going on in the third cylinder it was  
> quite wet
> as compared to the remainder of them. The rest just have a light  
> coat of
> carbon on them.
>
> It also has what looks like metal solder on the top of the piston.  
> You can see
> it here,
> http://webpages.charter.net/boggiano/photo.htm
>
> Any idea what it could be? Part of the head gasket? It is stuck on  
> the piston
> and does not seem like it will go anywhere easily.
>
> Does this mean that I need to go further down into the engine?
>
> All help appreciated