John-
A Triumph leaking oil? Unheard of!
Anyway, Generally speaking, it should not be leaking out the Spark Plug
holes- Unless you have some major issues, you shouldn't have more than a
trace amount at that end of the cylinder, and the plugs should not be loose
enough to allow seepage had you enough oil there to leak. I would suggest it
is either the valve cover leaking(no, really! lol :) ) or, possibly the
timing cover, either one could put oil up in that area, and appear the spark
plugs are leaking.
As to the tires, are they the same size as before, and if so, are the same
brand as before? Different brands can be different sizes in the same size
tire. If you were running close to the maximum fittable size, it may well be
that the new ones were just large enough to surpass this limit, and did rub.
Also, be sure they were tightened on properly- I have had shops put tires on
and (A) forget to tighten a wheel(actually 2!) and (B) not seat the rim
properly, and try to correct by overtightening the lugnuts(BJs Wholesale
once bought me a new set of rims for a 74 Ford, because their guys bent all
four wheels this way!)
Good luck with it,
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hobson" <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Spitfires mailing list" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: oil leak from spark plug holes
>
> Saskia, my 1977 Spit 1500 is leaking oil from No.2 and No.3 spark plug
> holes (and probably elsewhere that I'm not aware of!). Has anyone else
> had this problem? Could it be that the plugs need tightening up? Could
> it be a problem with the cylinder head?
>
> Another slightly odd thing happened a week or so ago. I got a pair of
> new tyres (Pirelli P1000, 155-80-13) on the rear for a week or so after
> having them fitted they seemed to rub when going over bumps or round
> corners. At first I thought it was the exhaust box scraping on the
> ground, but I now think that it's the tyres rubbing on the wheel arches.
> Anyway whatever this problem was/is it has now fixed itself, and I'm none
> the wiser exactly what the original problem was... anyone else had this
> problem, any thoughts on it?
>
> Any help, as always, very much appreciated!
>
> cheers
> John
> http://www.spit1500.co.uk/
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