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

Michael Porter portermd at zianet.com
Thu Aug 16 19:24:09 MDT 2007


Jim Bauder wrote:
> I pretty much agree with what has been said by others.
>
> One thing that I see in the photo is what looks to me like orange silicon gasket
> sealer in the water passage between the two cylinders. In my opinion, if that is
> what it is, I would tear down the whole engine and hot tank it to get rid of
> that stuff! It is not good to have inside an engine!
>
>   

Yeah, I saw that, too, but didn't make any judgment about what it was. 
If silicone had been used on the head gasket surfaces at last assembly, 
that might also explain why the head gasket failed in the first place.  
Definitely a no-no.



Cheers.

-- 
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM

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