[Fot] TR6 oil consumption issue during break in.

[Duncan Charlton]

Jason,
If your crankcase vents into your GT6 intake manifold, does it have a pcv
valve?  It will prevent drawing such a heavy vacuum on the crankcase at idle.
I finally got around to installing on on a Rover V8 with an aftermarket
4-barrel carb conversion and the oil consumption dropped by a huge amount.
Duncan
(Texas)

On Sep 20, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Jason Ostrowski wrote:

> The smoking bothers me more than the consumption. Most often that symptom
is
> a sign that its time for a rebuild due to ring wear.
> My GT6 drinks oil like a college kid at a keg party. About a quart for
every
> 30 min session. I often wonder where it's going?
> I've been trying to figure that out for two seasons now.
> But now the smoking I have, exactly as you describe, tells me its time for
a
> rebuild.
> Unfortunately, the cheap pistons and rings my not have been a wise choice.
> But hind sight is 20/20.
> You're past your break in point already, use the heaviest oil it'll run on
> and get some fun out of it.
> Put a diaper (wads of heavy paper towels) anywhere you think it might be
> leaking to be sure the smoking isn't from oil leaking on the hot stuff and
> also to tell you how much it may be leaking.
> Some easy little things that may help a bit.
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Henry Morrison <dos_gusanos at msn.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hello group,  Once again I cry out for help with the latest mind boggling
>> TR6
>> issue.  In short I just rebuilt the engine and I've got the engine down to
>> using just 1 quart of oil for every 60 miles travelled.
>>
>> The details:
>>
>> I did the best work within my current skill set during assembly.
Staggered
>> the rings etc......
>>
>> Did my 20 minute run in at 2000 rpm.  Huge Oil pressure, put in an old
>> reief
>> spring to get it off the peg on the gauge now about 75 lbs on the raod 50
>> at
>> idle.
>>
>> I bought the cheapest pistons I could find on ebay....... I think they
were
>> the "county" brand.
>>
>> A friend took my yellow fan for his TVR and gave me his red 13 blade fan.
>>
>> Car runs pretty well, performs within reason.
>>
>> The car runs cool.  Never much above 160
>>
>> I have put 4-500 miles on it and it smokes when shifiting and pulling away
>> from lights especially when you rev it after it has been idling a bit
>> waiting
>> in line to get in the car show.
>>
>> Yesterday I blocked 1/2 the radiator with cardboard and drove about 20
>> miles
>> home all up hill.  On arrival home the car was idling at 195, but still
>> liked
>> to smoke.
>>
>> I am going to continue to drive it and hope the problem magically goes
away
>> as
>> I'd rather buy oil than pull the engine apart at this point.
>>
>> Please chime in if you have any great ideas or know that mystery oil or
>> dupming Ajax in the engine will solve the problem.
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Henry Morrison, Albuquerque, NM
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