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1. Valve seals (score: 1): Author: Jim Davis <jamdav@woodward.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:55:22 -0600; My 74 TR6 has started to blow smoke do to oil running down the valve stems, I recently saw an article in the Rimmer Bros catalog that talks about valve stem seals (little rubber o-rings) that are in; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00299.html (7,786 bytes)
2. Re: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:33:35 -0500 (EST); Hi. I have to ask - Are you sure? When does the car blow smoke? How much oil are you consuming? The reason I ask is that oil smoke from the tail pipe can indicate several different syndromes (like ba; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00300.html (8,991 bytes)
3. Re: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: jay_welch@juno.com; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:53:15 -0500; Hi Jim, The following information was reported earlier by someone on one of the lists. Good luck, Jay Although the car was not designed with them in mind, they can be added to solve an oil consumptio; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00301.html (8,646 bytes)
4. RE: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: Jim Davis <jamdav@woodward.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:00:40 -0600; I get a puff of smoke when I start the car after driving it somewhere and stopping for a short time. Here is the description of the "fix" that is in the Rimmer catalog: The Rocker Feed Kit and Oil C; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00302.html (10,367 bytes)
5. RE: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:23:06 -0500; Please pardon my extreme naiveti, but although I understand that having too much oil draining down the guides is bad, isn't sealing them off so that you have none even worse? Wouldn't that just cause; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00305.html (10,895 bytes)
6. Re: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: Robert Greene <rgreene@whoi.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:36:32 -0500; Hi Jim: I also had the same smoke problem with my 1976 TR6. After sitting a while it would leave cloud of blue smoke on start up. Also it would smoke a little in between shifts. I bought a set of val; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00306.html (8,185 bytes)
7. Re: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: Timothy Holbrook <tjh173@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:22:34 -0800 (PST); I have valve seals on my car. Have had them for many years. They work great. I'm not sure what brand, etc. My dad is in the engine business, his friend worked for a major valve manufacturer and he wa; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00309.html (8,820 bytes)
8. RE: valve seals (score: 1): Author: KTnKT <ktnkt@cape.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:53:38 -0500; Greetings Jim, The following is taken from our Technical page of the Cape Cod British Car Club's website. This has been assembled by Jay Welch, our club secretary. Lot's of the info is culled from po; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00310.html (10,867 bytes)
9. RE: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:55:31 -0800 (PST); Mark--Could be that Triumph shared your concern about getting some oil to the guides. However, these stems will operate without any 'additional' lubrication, as there is very little load on them when; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00314.html (7,584 bytes)
10. Re: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: "Brian T." <nolimits@squilax.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:59:46 -0800; my personal experience with the American V8's I run is that valve seal guides harden with age and ABUSE casing then to disintegrate or just become nonfunctional. the signs to look for are blue smoke; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00315.html (8,905 bytes)
11. Re: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:09:09 -0500; Hi Dick, What is your opinion of using a cam with .425 lift at the valve (0 lash) in terms of valve train geometry and valve guide wear? Also, are sintered bronze guides the same thing as silicon bro; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00316.html (7,978 bytes)
12. Re: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:32:33 -0800 (PST); Jim--As others have told you, using seals at the stems have moderate success in keeping (some) oil from getting pulled down the valve stems. Should you decide to use these, you will be in a position; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00320.html (7,684 bytes)
13. RE: Valve seals (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:22:06 -0500 (EST); Echoing what DT says - cast iron valve guides are "self lubricating". That said, the purpose of the external oil feed is to provide additional oil to the rockers, not the valve guides. The burning o; /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00325.html (8,474 bytes)
14. Valve Seals (score: 1): Author: michael lunsford <mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:31:33 -0800 (PST); I am in need of some ideas about how to re-install the valve springs on my six without removing the head. The reason for this delemma is that I am installing valve seals on the 6 and want to avoid p; /html/6pack/2002-03/msg00220.html (7,379 bytes)

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