[TR] Oil leakage

Tony Drews tony at tonydrews.com
Sun Jul 17 14:07:58 MDT 2011


Probably head gasket, but could be something cracked (like the head or block).

Tony

At 02:36 PM 7/17/2011, Kaz Kotlow wrote:
>I have a '63 TR4 that has been off the road for a few years.  When it was
>running I had some oil seepage into the cooling system.  As a result the
>engine would start to overheat after sustained use.  I'm interested in two
>things.
>1.  Just what is the likely problem?
>2.  How much?  Is it worth trying to fix this type of problem or should I be
>looking for a replacement engine?  The car is not totally original so I'm not
>overly concerned about having matching numbers so another TR4 engine wouldn't
>bother me.
>Thanks.
>Kaz


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