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Oh dear.<br>
My theory would be 'figure of eight liner' gasket failure. Being
newly rebuilt there will be hardly any grip holding the gasket /
liner firm. Something you would find on an older engine. The liners
must be clamped to prevent any movement. It could be something
simple for instance a faulty cylinder head gasket.<br>
Just my two pence worth.<br>
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Adrian TR4A CT 64306 O<br>
Wales UK<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/10/2015 23:01, Rye Livingston
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif">Last week
was Triumphest in San Diego. I'd been rebuilding my 1960 TR3
in preparation for this event with a pretty tight timeline. I
got the engine in the car a week before and was out getting
some break-in miles and it was running very strong, but I
discovered it was burning oil like it was going out of style.
Took out the plugs and 2, 3 and 4 were perfect - a dusty
white color, and #1 was so buggered up I don't know how it was
firing. It was such<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> a mess it
was clear the oil ring didn't go on right. So on Saturday I
pulled the pan and the head, pulled #1 piston out and yep,
the oil wrong was not right. The red and green ends to the
oil ring and overlapped and </span>only<span
style="line-height: 1.5;"> one color was showing. Nothing
appeared to be damaged, and in effect with it not fully
expanded it wasn't making any kind of a seal, thus why the
oil was blowing </span>by and burning up.</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">Before I reassembled it I put the </span>piston<span
style="line-height: 1.5;"> in as an experiment with OUT </span>having<span
style="line-height: 1.5;"> the overlap right, to see how it
felt loose, and I didn't even need </span>the<span
style="line-height: 1.5;"> ring compression collar. So then
I put the collar on and tapped the piston back </span>into<span
style="line-height: 1.5;"> the sleeve, then pushed it back
up so the compression rings came up, but not the oil ring,
and tested to check the fit. It was very snug, so it should
be all good. Put the collar back on and tapped it back down
in place, attached the connecting rod to the crank, and then
had to wait. This was Saturday and I needed a head </span>gasket,
which I ordered Monday with overnight delivery and got it at
10am Tuesday. We were leaving for Triumphest at 8AM
Wednesday, 1000 mile round trip.</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">Tuesday I got it all back
together, torqued the head, adjusted the valves and it
seemed to be running well. Went down to the British
Motorsports garage and Dave was doing a final tune up on to
the carbs and timing. He had it idling for about 20 mins
while he was revving it up and tuning things, all good.
Engine purring like a kitten. Being a new engine there was
a little smoke as he revved it up but very little, and I
asked him </span>how<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> long it
would do that as the rings bed in. </span>With that<span
style="line-height: 1.5;"> question he revved it 2-3 more
times and on that 3rd time, all of a sudden TONs of while
smoke come rolling out, like a cartoon, a smoke screen.
What the? The mechanic was flabbergasted as to what could
have all of a sudden happened. Now it was running rough and
spewing out white smoke. This was at about 5:30 PM, and we
were both at a total loss as to what could have happened. I
drove it home, about 15 miles, pulled the plugs and took the
photo which I've attached. The #1 plug is on the right in
the photo, and as you'll see both 1 and 3 are a mess, while
#2 and 4 are perfect. Obviously something is not right.
What I really don't understand is how #3 got bad too. I
didn't touch #2, 3 and 4 and they were prefect before? </span></font></div>
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style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">Anyway, there was no ugly noise.
Nothing broke. It can be sorted out. But can't go on a
1000 mile drive to San Diego with it like that. So I left
the next morning at 8AM in my non-Triumph back up car and
had a great time at Triumphest, but not in my TR3.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">This weekend I'm planning to do a
compression test and my </span>brother<span
style="line-height: 1.5;"> has a leak down tester so I'll do
that too before </span>dismantling<span style="line-height:
1.5;"> again.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">Any thoughts on what may have
happened? What I </span>should<span style="line-height:
1.5;"> look for?</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">And yes, some of you may have seen
my post over a week ago about the OD transmission I put in
at the same time with the new engine. The one that seems to
either downshift by itself under load in 3rd gear, or not
shift into OD in 4th under load. That clearly become a
non-issue with this </span>engine<span style="line-height:
1.5;"> problem, but something I plan to get addresses after
the </span>engine<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> is squared
away and running properly.</span></font></div>
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style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">Thanks for the help,</span></font></div>
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style="line-height: 1.5;"><br>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 1.5;">Rye</span></font></div>
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