[TR] update - the mystery continues
Randall
TR3driver at ca.rr.com
Sat Oct 17 16:01:20 MDT 2015
> No valve seals on a TR3 engine. Could be worn valve guides
> but in my experience those usually manifest themselves by
> allowing oil to seep into the cylinder when the engine is off
> and produce blue smoke briefly at start-up.
An exception might be if someone has fitted the external oil feed to the rocker shaft. I installed one years ago on an engine with
badly worn guides, and it did indeed suck an incredible amount of oil past the intake guides. I literally got a warning letter from
the CA equivalent of the EPA, due to excess smoke!
Randall
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