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</head><body><p>Thank you, everyone, for responding.  Good idea.  Should have thought of that.  So what you're saying is that my guess might be correct that  there could be a crack or a failure in the gasket that could widen at operating temperature enough to take a strong running engine down to shutdown?<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">On December 14, 2016 at 9:52 AM Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>I agree - some fast diagnostic work after the shut-down would seem to be in order.</div><div><br></div><div>The first thing I would check is whether there is good spark when the re-start is attempted as it sure sounds like something is getting heated up and failing and that suggests the ignition to me.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="ox-17b0d7efec-gmail_extra"><br><div class="ox-17b0d7efec-gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <<a href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com" target="_blank">fishplate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote>On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 5:56 PM, TERRY SMITH <<a href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net">terryrs@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br> > Could that mean a cracked head or bad head gasket?<br> <br> Wouldn't a simple compression test or leakdown test (on a warm engine)<br> easily discern whether those problems exist?<br> <span class="ox-17b0d7efec-HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;"><br> Jeff Scarbrough<br> Corrosion Acres, Ga.<br> </span></span><div class="ox-17b0d7efec-HOEnZb"><div class="ox-17b0d7efec-h5"><br> ** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br> <br> Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.<wbr/>html</a><br> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br> Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ahwahneetr@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/<wbr/>options/triumphs/ahwahneetr@<wbr/>gmail.com</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br>** triumphs@autox.team.net **<br><br>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/terryrs@comcast.net<br></blockquote></body></html>