- 1. [TR] TR6 burning oil (score: 1)
- Author: Creig Houghtaling <creig555@live.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:27:31 -0500
- My friend's TR6 is consuming oil. In addition, the #5 spark plug fouls regularly and needs to be cleaned or replaced to run smoothly again. I am guessing these two issues might be related... The oil
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- 2. Re: [TR] TR6 burning oil (score: 1)
- Author: ADRIAN DIX-DYER <dixie4.wales@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:15:06 +0100
- In the first instance, a compression test should indicate No5 being low. If so put a small amount of oil down the plug hole and do the test on this bore again. If it rises significantly then this wou
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- 3. Re: [TR] TR6 burning oil (score: 1)
- Author: Creig Houghtaling <creig555@live.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 06:50:10 -0500
- It has been a while since we have done a compression checkb& Thatb s a good thing to check. Thanks. In the first instance, a compression test should indicate No5 being low. If so put a small amount o
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- 4. Re: [TR] TR6 burning oil (score: 1)
- Author: Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:59:16 -0700
- Unfortunately, the most likely explanation IMO is damage to the cylinder wall or piston. Might be just a broken ring, or badly worn valve guide, though. Rather than mess with a compression test (whi
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- 5. Re: [TR] TR6 burning oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Jonas Payne" <jpaynepbr@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 06:30:54 -0700
- Do a leak down test on it to determine whether it's the rings or the valves. Mine was burning lots of oil too - it was the rings and the valve guides. The oil scraper rings were seriously stuck in wh
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