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I've been away from the BCF for about 9 months or so now. My wife popped out number 3 last June and at the same time my TR6 was suffering internal hemorrhaging (I think it may have been trying to give birth too......probably the anti-Christ).
I was also trying to finish off some renovations to my house, so I gave up on the beast as it was looking too hard, too much going on.
After a few deep breaths I had a good look at what was going on with the Triumph motor. Oil was bubbling out of the dip stick, large quantities of oil was collecting in the air intake tube, being blown thru the rocker cover vent. When I removed the rocker cover cap, excessive amount of smoke was blowing out at idle.
General diagnosis was a broken piston ring at worst. After studying the Maintenance Manual I decided to pull the motor apart myself. Rings were worn but not broken (oil ring was gummed up solid on all pistons) and the bearings were badly pitted and scored.
I replaced the rings, bearings, gaskets etc with the verbal assistance of my mechanic. All this done in 2 weeks.
Well, I have done 1500km now and it's running the best it has done under my ownership. No oil leaks, no oil smoke from the tail pipe and no oil collecting in the air tube. So what initially looked like a daunting exercise, turned out quite well. Considering I'm a complete novice. I neglected to take any pics or record detailed info as I didn't expect the rebuild to go well. I had the number of a tow truck at hand during the 2 weeks just in case!!
Regards
Craig
I've been away from the BCF for about 9 months or so now. My wife popped out number 3 last June and at the same time my TR6 was suffering internal hemorrhaging (I think it may have been trying to give birth too......probably the anti-Christ).
I was also trying to finish off some renovations to my house, so I gave up on the beast as it was looking too hard, too much going on.
After a few deep breaths I had a good look at what was going on with the Triumph motor. Oil was bubbling out of the dip stick, large quantities of oil was collecting in the air intake tube, being blown thru the rocker cover vent. When I removed the rocker cover cap, excessive amount of smoke was blowing out at idle.
General diagnosis was a broken piston ring at worst. After studying the Maintenance Manual I decided to pull the motor apart myself. Rings were worn but not broken (oil ring was gummed up solid on all pistons) and the bearings were badly pitted and scored.
I replaced the rings, bearings, gaskets etc with the verbal assistance of my mechanic. All this done in 2 weeks.
Well, I have done 1500km now and it's running the best it has done under my ownership. No oil leaks, no oil smoke from the tail pipe and no oil collecting in the air tube. So what initially looked like a daunting exercise, turned out quite well. Considering I'm a complete novice. I neglected to take any pics or record detailed info as I didn't expect the rebuild to go well. I had the number of a tow truck at hand during the 2 weeks just in case!!
Regards
Craig
YOU for doing a great job. I have often felt overwhelmed at completing a task on my TR6, but sometimes I just step back from it for a period of time and then have-at-it!
