[TR] Have I blown a gasket?

Randall tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Thu May 8 15:33:58 MDT 2014


---- Lee&John Howard <leejohn7 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hello list:
> 
> Following a club run last weekend, I did some basic testing on the TR4.
> Found that plugs #1 and #2  were fouled, especially #2, which had an oil
> drip on its tip.

That seems fairly damning to me.  I think you've got worse than a blown head gasket.  Unless you've added a direct oil feed to the rocker shaft, I think you're going to find a broken piston or maybe just broken rings.

Randall


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