No offense, but your friend didn't fire up the car, you did. A rich mixture on
the carbs will cause this the catalytic converter to get red hot. Mix fuel and
air in the presence of the platinum catalyst, and you get combustion. You're
burning excess fuel in the catalytic converters, and from the sound of it, the
mixture is way too rich.
This will happen on any catalyst equipped car with a rich mixture, not just a
TR8.
Besides, it was the TR7 that got the bad rap, not the TR8.
JRossi727@aol.com wrote:
> Hello All. I have been working on a friends TR-8. Carbs and hoses. Car
> been sitting for a number of years. Well, today I fired it up. Letting it
> warm up to adjust carbs. Seems like normal smoke coming of engine, exhaust,
> and bell housing. From over spray. From cleaning materials, oil, grease,
> dirt and normal. The motor fired right up. Turned up idle and though this
> exhaust system really sounds like it leaks all over. The car is up on four
> jack stands. The car had been running at fast idle for about five minutes
> now. I looked under the car to see where all the leaks are coming from. And
> to my surprise. Both cataletit? converters are cherry red and exhaust pipe
> back to rear end are cherry red. Holly Shit I yell. Turn the car off and
> got out the fan to cool things down. Hell the car could have blew up taking
> my shop with it. I call the owner and to his luck he was not home. I am
> pissed. The hell with the piece of shit TR-8. I could have lost my shop and
> maybe my house. The car now sit outside. I have cooled down now and wait
> for his return call. No wonder these car killed the Triumphs. John
> Flintstone, GA
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George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559L - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
The Hippogrif - '71 Triumph Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of it's own
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Undergoing repair
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