Alistair:
The best I can figure, short of jacking up the car and crawling
under is that the trans fluid is entering one of the down pipes at a poor
joint. The exhaust is pretty hokey (I have most of a SS one to replace it,
anyone got a spare RH rear muffler?). When the car is fired up, after a
short while white smoke starts pouring out of one of the tailpipes, and from
under the car. There is transmission oil over the top of the offending side
pipe (there is no 2in/2out box). The smoke does not appear to be coolant
steam, but burning oil. I blocked off the servo, just in case it was
leaking brake fluid into the vacuum port, but that made no impovement. We
are talking a huge pall of smoke that engulfs the whole car, not like
anything I have seen from a worn engine.
Kelvin.> -----Original Message-----
From: Alastair Lauener [mailto:alauener@sbe.napier.ac.uk]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 12:46 AM
To: saloons@jag-lovers.org
Subject: RE: [Saloon-lovers] RE:Return to the list
the trans fills the exhaust with fluid when the car sits,
??? How?
Alastair Lauener
Kelvin,
Might just be worth checking if it is white smoke that water isn’t getting
in somewhere, although yuou obviously have that at the back of your mind as
well as the servo.
I understand your theory about the oil getting in, so I;m not sure what
would be easier to fix, oil leak from the gearbox or water leak from the
engine 
Alastair_______________________________
The best I can figure, short of jacking up the car and crawling
under is that the trans fluid is entering one of the down pipes at a poor
joint. The exhaust is pretty hokey (I have most of a SS one to replace it,
anyone got a spare RH rear muffler?). When the car is fired up, after a
short while white smoke starts pouring out of one of the tailpipes, and from
under the car. There is transmission oil over the top of the offending side
pipe (there is no 2in/2out box). The smoke does not appear to be coolant
steam, but burning oil. I blocked off the servo, just in case it was
leaking brake fluid into the vacuum port, but that made no impovement. We
are talking a huge pall of smoke that engulfs the whole car, not like
anything I have seen from a worn engine.
Kelvin.
Alistair:
I like the thought of fixing the auto transmission leak. As that
involves installing the manual 4 spd OD box that is sitting in my storage
shed. Obviously this is going to be fairly involved, as once the front
suspension is dropped I have to rebuild it at the same time. Repaint the
engine compartment, replace all the hoses, etc, etc. I’m trying to not end
up with the car in pieces for the next 20 years.
Kelvin.> -----Original Message-----
From: Alastair Lauener [mailto:alauener@sbe.napier.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:06 AM
To: saloons@jag-lovers.org
Subject: RE: [Saloon-lovers] RE:now trying to give up smoking
Kelvin,
Might just be worth checking if it is white smoke that water
isn’t getting
in somewhere, although yuou obviously have that at the back
of your mind as
well as the servo.
I understand your theory about the oil getting in, so I;m not
sure what
would be easier to fix, oil leak from the gearbox or water
leak from the
engine
Alastair
The best I can figure, short of jacking up the car and crawling
under is that the trans fluid is entering one of the down
pipes at a poor
joint. The exhaust is pretty hokey (I have most of a SS one
to replace it,
anyone got a spare RH rear muffler?). When the car is fired
up, after a
short while white smoke starts pouring out of one of the
tailpipes, and from
under the car. There is transmission oil over the top of
the offending side
pipe (there is no 2in/2out box). The smoke does not appear
to be coolant
steam, but burning oil. I blocked off the servo, just in case it was
leaking brake fluid into the vacuum port, but that made no
impovement. We
are talking a huge pall of smoke that engulfs the whole car, not like
anything I have seen from a worn engine.
Kelvin.
First, this sounds like a dread of the infamous “shipwright’s disease”.
Second, speaking of literally trying to stop smoking, I found that for
weight-loss dieting (a similar trial) that working on messy things like
old cars is a big help (hands too dirty to munch).
Richard E. Gress Phone (801)581-3888 Ext313
Computer Professional
e-mail @Richard_E_Gress
University of Utah
Cardiovascular Genetics
410 Chipeta Way Rm 161
Salt Lake City, UT 84108On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
Alistair:
I like the thought of fixing the auto transmission leak. As that
involves installing the manual 4 spd OD box that is sitting in my storage
shed. Obviously this is going to be fairly involved, as once the front
suspension is dropped I have to rebuild it at the same time. Repaint the
engine compartment, replace all the hoses, etc, etc. I’m trying to not end
up with the car in pieces for the next 20 years.
Kelvin.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alastair Lauener [mailto:alauener@sbe.napier.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:06 AM
To: saloons@jag-lovers.org
Subject: RE: [Saloon-lovers] RE:now trying to give up smoking
Kelvin,
Might just be worth checking if it is white smoke that water
isn’t getting
in somewhere, although yuou obviously have that at the back
of your mind as
well as the servo.
I understand your theory about the oil getting in, so I;m not
sure what
would be easier to fix, oil leak from the gearbox or water
leak from the
engine
Alastair
The best I can figure, short of jacking up the car and crawling
under is that the trans fluid is entering one of the down
pipes at a poor
joint. The exhaust is pretty hokey (I have most of a SS one
to replace it,
anyone got a spare RH rear muffler?). When the car is fired
up, after a
short while white smoke starts pouring out of one of the
tailpipes, and from
under the car. There is transmission oil over the top of
the offending side
pipe (there is no 2in/2out box). The smoke does not appear
to be coolant
steam, but burning oil. I blocked off the servo, just in case it was
leaking brake fluid into the vacuum port, but that made no
impovement. We
are talking a huge pall of smoke that engulfs the whole car, not like
anything I have seen from a worn engine.
Kelvin.
Kelvin,
This is a well documented disease. It is called Shipright’s disease.
It is documented along with others at
http://www.jag-lovers.org/saloons/disease.html
Alastair Lauener
64 S-Type
engine compartment, replace all the hoses, etc, etc. I’m trying to not end
up with the car in pieces for the next 20 years.
SNIP