[Fot] tr3 over heating

[fubog1 at aol.com]

I agree, especially the checking the liner height part.
This is very critical, especially with the steel gasket.
Also check for clearance on top of the water pump housing under the 
head. If it's hitting, the head won't clamp down good.
It shouldn't be necessary to add wire in order to get a good seal, 
something is wrong..
HTH
Glen

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony and Annie Garmey <horizonracing at msn.com>
To: budscars at comcast.net; emanteno at gmail.com; kenmun at aol.com
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 4:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] tr3 over heating

since the heads off............pressure test it, check the liner height 
and
fit a"new" shim gasket.

make sure the block to head surface is clean clean clean !



good luck

Tony

> From: budscars at comcast.net
> To: emanteno at gmail.com; KENMUN at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:49:31 -0700
> CC: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] tr3 over heating
>
> It sounds like a head gasket to me...sometimes it takes very close
> inspection of the gasket..look for dark tracks where the water may 
have
> leaked under/over the gasket without actually burning the gasket.
> Racer Bud
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Irv Korey" <emanteno at gmail.com>
> To: <KENMUN at aol.com>
> Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] tr3 over heating
>
>
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:36 PM, <KENMUN at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> during the last race at sebring in feb the tr3 got very hot very 
fast
> >> after
> >> a couple laps. when i checked there was very little coolant left 
and the
> >> #4 plug was wet.
> >
> >
> >
> > When this happened at Road America in Jim Hill's TR6, it was a head
gasket
> > leaking into the water jacket, heating and pressuring the cooling 
system.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Irv Korey
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