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<div> <font size="3">A quart per fill-up ain't normal. That's what mine was doing and I took it back apart because of that. You may need to have words with the engine rebuilder.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">And, like I said, it was the factory trying to avoid some warranty work. I agree, adding more than a quart in between oil change is not what it could be. </font><br>
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From: dave <dave@ranteer.com><br>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
Sent: Fri, Nov 12, 2021 8:29 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 issue<br>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal">How about a quart per fillup?</div>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal">And I totally disagree that these engines need to use oil. My engine was rebuilt by an excellent mechanic, and it uses practically no oil. </div>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal">I almost never have to add oil. And we drive it hard. </div>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 11, 2021 7:50 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> dave@ranteer.com; triumphs@autox.team.net<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] TR6 issue</div>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">What is meant by "Engine uses a lot of oil?" These things are notorious for using a lot of oil. The factory once said that a quart every 600 miles is "normal." But that was probably an effort to get out of some warranty work. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">I rebuilt a TR6 engine that ran great but lost a quart every 300 miles. A co-worker who used to work for TRW in the piston ring department said that I may have installed the rings upside down. He said they were not symmetrical and applied more pressure on the bottom edge to better scrape any oil on the cylinder walls to reduce consumption. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">I bought a used engine to drive while I rebuilt this one. This used engine is still in the car 30 years later (I never rebuilt that engine) and looses a quart every 1300 miles or so. Some times it is best to leave well enough alone.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: dave <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>><br clear="none">To: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">Sent: Thu, Nov 11, 2021 8:56 am<br clear="none">Subject: [TR] TR6 issue</span></div>
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<div class="yiv7169711364MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">I have a friend who has a 74 TR6. Recent rebuild of the engine both top and bottom. We are a little suspicious of the machine shop that did the head. The bottom end was done a year later by a different machinist.</span></div>
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