RE: [ST] Milky oil anyone?

["Adrian Mansell" <amansell@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to john,rich,howlin dawg,dan and blake for the feedback. All coming in useful.

I've also spoken to Triumph-ant in Wales who do re-con lumps and an engine tecky at Triumph HQ itself (good blag, eh?), plus my local bike-shop who are pretty damned good most of the time.

The conclusions from this accumulation of info seem to be:

: They rarely do head-gaskets.  Rich, I sniffed my exhaust (ooerr) but nothing.  However, its using so little water I'd be surprised if my two-stroke savaged snozz could pick it up.
: They also rarely leak past the liners.  The caulk-like sealant is actually Silicone sealant, although not your everyday wack it round the hot-tub stuff of course :-).
: They are prone to cracked water jackets if they've been overheated.  Usually starts with a small water loss which gets worse over time, exactly the symptoms I've had.  I bought the bike with 17k on it and its used a bit of water since day one, so it could've been OH'd in its former life. 


Out of interest, anybody used Triumph-ant for any spares or a new lump?  Sandy was pretty helpful on the phone, but you can't beat a third party recommendation.

A

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> My Y2K RS (30k) has started to use a small amount of water 
> (maybe 1/2" per 1000miles) and at last service definitely had 
> some milky residue around the oil filler cap and oil level 
> sighting window.
> 
> So I'm thinking head gasket.  Immediate questions are:
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