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1. Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 02:41:26 -0500; Recently I installed an external rocker assembly oil feed line on my 1972 TR6 engine, after which oil consumption increased considerably. Before the modification the engine used hardly any oil, now t; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00125.html (8,191 bytes)
2. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 09:06:29 -0400 (EDT); << Recently I installed an external rocker assembly oil feed line on my 1972 TR6 engine, after which oil consumption increased considerably. Before the modification the engine used hardly any oil, no; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00132.html (8,785 bytes)
3. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:35:41 -0500; I've had the same experience with my '74 TR6. When I purchased this car it had the rocker oil kit already installed and the engine spat blue smoke terribly and consumed quite a bit of oil. The engine; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00149.html (9,888 bytes)
4. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:31:56 -0600 (MDT); My guess is that the valve guides are a little bit worn and this is causing the oil consumtion that you speak of. Aaron; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00157.html (9,205 bytes)
5. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:41:10 -0500 (EST); The extra pressure is probably exacerbating an otherwise unnoticeable problem. However, there's always the possibility that new valve guides wouldn't stand up to the increased pressure, either, and s; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00159.html (9,678 bytes)
6. RE: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:56:11 -0400; I may be missing something here but I thought the pressure was along the rocker shaft and oil runs out the hole in the rocker arm and just drips down the valve onto the valve guide. I don't think the; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00163.html (9,236 bytes)
7. RE: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 97 11:15:32 PDT; WIth all this talk of external oil feeds, could someone post instructions on how to fit one of these kits to a TR6? Does it need more tools than a torque wrench? Thanks in advance, Shane Ingate in S; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00168.html (8,428 bytes)
8. RE: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 14:17:12 -0400; diameter without problem, external oiler. I don't Could this potentially reduce the oil pressure at the main and big end brgs? Tim Kingston, Tennessee '62 TR4 CT16063L email: ttucker@conc.tdsnet.com; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00170.html (9,299 bytes)
9. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 15:08:47 -0400; I think the top end oilers are getting a bad rap. I've had one on my Spit for about 2 years now with no excessive oil consumption. I guess if you have bad valve guides, the extra oil provided by the; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00180.html (10,356 bytes)
10. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:40:06 +0600 (EDT); Considering that the six is a direct descendant of the humble 803cc Standard 8 engine, as are the Herald and Spitfire engines, it's likely that they all suffer this problem to some degree. --Andy * *; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00184.html (8,883 bytes)
11. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 15:56:50 -0400; All you need is the finesse of a safe cracker to tighten the banjo bolt on the head. When I first installed mine, it just was not tight enough and leaked "just a little". Titghtened it "just a little; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00187.html (9,698 bytes)
12. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:37:29 -0700 (PDT); Half hour? maybe if you have to down a couple of homebrews while doing it. It's more like 10min. without the beer. -jimb http://www.snovalley.com/~monica/jbtr6.html; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00190.html (8,681 bytes)
13. Re: Increasing TR6 oil usage after rocker oil feed modification (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:32:08 -0400 (EDT); I've heard of this problem before. The person I talked to had removed the rocker feed unit after experiencing increased oil consumption. The TR6 engine has no valve guide stem seals so it wasn't des; /html/triumphs/1997-09/msg00221.html (8,849 bytes)

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