[TR] Smoking TR3 after replacing Head Gasket

[Randall]

> I have just replaced a blown head gasket and now have a smoking TR3 !

Where was it blown ?

> After filling it with fresh oil, I started it up and there 
> was lots of 
> smoke .. it was not blue or too smelly.

>From exhaust or crankcase breather ?

>  After 1/2 hour of running, it was till smoking the same amount.

Idling or being driven ?

> I checked the dipstick and I did notice tiny bubbles (maybe three or 
> four on the dip-stick) ... must be residue of water that was stuck in 
> the pan and other hidden storage areas.

IMO if you can still see water after 1/2 hour, you've still got a water
leak.  What happened to the level in the radiator after cooling ?

> - Do you think just changing the oil will fix things? 

Seems very unlikely to me.

> - Is the tiny bit of water in the slipping by the oil rings? 

Not sure of the question; should be no water either above or below the
rings.

> - Can I just run it and it will eventually burn/steam off?

Again it seems unlikely; but I guess you don't have much to lose by trying.

IMO it would be unusual for a head gasket to blow between the water jacket
and the openings to the crankcase; more likely you have a cracked head or a
leaking "Figure 8" gasket.  If it is the head gasket, then most likely
something else is mechanically wrong, like the liners protrude too far or
the head/block are not flat or possibly a damaged (stretched) head stud.

Randall