TR2/3/3A leak proofing intake/exhaust manifold

[Jim Lee]

Everyone who suggested this was not an exhaust problem was absolutely right.
I find it very strange but my TR decided NOT to smoke at all when
I started it up and ran it to temperature today. It had to be burning away
not only oil but dust and who knows what that was on the engine after
leaving the hood up, though in my garage, for longer than I want to admit.

With 20/10 hindsight I should have understood the clue that it was giving me
when it would not smoke until the engine reached a certain temperature.
The smoke appeared may be two minutes after starting the car. That
could have tipped me off that it was not an exhaust leak because
of those first few minutes when it did not smoke. I noticed this
but thought that this was just the nature of my exhaust leak.
It had to get to a certain temperature to happen.

I should also have been able to tell the difference between the smell
of exhaust versus the smell of oil and who knows what burning off the engine.
The bottom line seems to be that I have never allowed so much airborne crap
to coat my engine. I do all kinds of weird things in my garage and apparently
some of them create a noticeable layer of dust. I can see it on the body of the car.
So my conclusion is that this layer of dust that would normally be kept from
coating the engine by the hood being down had to burn off together with
random sprays of PBlaster while I was working on redoing the exhaust/intake manifold.

Now on to the next crisis.

Thanks to all for the help.

Thanks very much,
Jim Lee