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Re: [TR] TR4 valve cover

To: bill beecher <notakitcar@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 valve cover
From: John Linney <john@linneyweb.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 18:07:33 -0700
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Early TR4s are like TR3s with the vented oil filler - no vent from the =
valve cover. Maybe you have excessive crankcase pressure due to blow by =
or worn valve guides? Have you done a warm compression test?

> On Apr 2, 2020, at 6:02 PM, bill beecher <notakitcar@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Isn=E2=80=99t you valve cover vented to the carbs?  Maybe a plugged =
PCV valve?  If so, I would think you should not have a vented cap. =20
> Bill
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> On Apr 2, 2020, at 7:41 PM, dave <dave@ranteer.com =
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> My early TR4 (9,XXX) spits oil all over its nice chrome valve cover =
from the breather cap
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> Is there anything I can do about it other than clean it often?
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> Btw it has 89 mm pistons, mild cam, polished/ported/shaved head, etc
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Early=
 TR4s are like TR3s with the vented oil filler - no vent from the valve =
cover. Maybe you have excessive crankcase pressure due to blow by or =
worn valve guides? Have you done a warm compression test?<br =
class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Apr 2, 2020, at 6:02 PM, bill beecher &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com"; =
class=3D"">notakitcar@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; =
display: inline !important;" class=3D"">Isn=E2=80=99t you valve cover =
vented to the carbs? &nbsp;Maybe a plugged PCV valve? &nbsp;If so, I =
would think you should not have a vented cap. &nbsp;</span><div =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D"">Bill<br=
 class=3D""><br class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Stay Home, Wash =
Your Hands.&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br class=3D"">On Apr =
2, 2020, at 7:41 PM, dave &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dave@ranteer.com"; =
class=3D"">dave@ranteer.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">=EF=BB=BF<div =
class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1;"><div style=3D"margin:=
 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">My early TR4 (9,XXX) spits oil all over its nice chrome valve =
cover from the breather cap<o:p class=3D""></o:p></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: =
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style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: =
Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Is there anything I can do about it =
other than clean it often?<o:p class=3D""></o:p></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: =
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style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: =
Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Btw it has 89 mm pistons, mild cam, =
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