richie
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How much splatter is normal..
My curiosity was spiked after learning that TR's were never outfitted with valve stem seals, starting to realize the possible potential in cleaning the "raw" emissions up a little bit. Then I just realized I had no real baseline.. Compression is pretty solid across the board last time and the engine is overall very healthy - so no red flags really. Carbs were tuned last year (by ear not colourtune) and sync'd as well with a fresh distributor running pertronix.
Just curious per say since I don't have a baseline - is it normal on these engines to have droplets of oil (or more likely unburnt gas) pretty much constantly spew out even at idle? Can most of you stand behind your tailpipes for more than a moment without ruining a pair of pants? Curious if this is normal or if something might be out of whack. I do realize this is a tractor engine !
Thanks
My curiosity was spiked after learning that TR's were never outfitted with valve stem seals, starting to realize the possible potential in cleaning the "raw" emissions up a little bit. Then I just realized I had no real baseline.. Compression is pretty solid across the board last time and the engine is overall very healthy - so no red flags really. Carbs were tuned last year (by ear not colourtune) and sync'd as well with a fresh distributor running pertronix.
Just curious per say since I don't have a baseline - is it normal on these engines to have droplets of oil (or more likely unburnt gas) pretty much constantly spew out even at idle? Can most of you stand behind your tailpipes for more than a moment without ruining a pair of pants? Curious if this is normal or if something might be out of whack. I do realize this is a tractor engine !
Thanks
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