[TR] what happened?

[Rye Livingston]

They were cross hatched.  And, after I took out the #1 piston, I honed that cylinder again to get a fresh cross hatch pattern before installing the piston.



On Oct 15, 2015, at 10:45 AM, Brad Kahler <bkahler1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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.

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.

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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