[TR] what happened?

[Brad Kahler]

Lots of white smoke doesn't always indicate water/coolant.  On my TR4
engine that had been freshly rebuilt when I bought it I had billowing
clouds of white smoke.  After several head gasket changes I finally
realized that the new liners (liner & piston kit) had not been cross
hatched so the rings didn't seat.  This allowed for massive amounts of oil
to be sucked up and out the exhaust.  Result was white smoke.

So the question is, were the cylinder liners cross hatched so the rings
would seal?


On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Chris Simo <ccsimonsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is that water or oil?    Lots of white smoke would indicate to me a blown
> head gasket and water on the plugs.
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> Did you replace the head gasket with a new one when you fixed the oil
> ring?   Probably not recommended, but I've reused them (1x)  in the past,
> but always painted them with the copper coat head gasket paint.
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> I've blown head gaskets that leaked water into the pistons only -- no
> water in the oil.  But you may want to check your oil for contamination.
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