The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

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Now that spring is here, it is time to service and do an oil change on my Sprint. Can you tell me which oil you recommend and use in your road-going standard engine Sprint?

I have a sprint radiator that was recored last year for sale if you are interested.

For the last couple of years, I have been having trouble starting my sprint with the choke ( HS 6 SU's ) I pull the choke out fully and try to start the engine after a few cranks it will fire but will not run on the choke and I have to push the choke in, to keep it going I have to blip the throttle ...

While going through my spares today I found a Kienzle clock in working and in good order from a Dolomite Sprint, can anybody tell me if this would be worth anything, and if so how do you think I could sell it for?

A catch up about the fan.had a look today and removed the radiator and electric fan and reinstalled the viscous fan,put it all back together and took car for a drive and the gauge did not go above half way even at idle at the traffic lights and parked up on idle,seems my car does not like the ...

I had someting like this earlier in the year where the lights not working right.

With the front ones there is a connector block down by the front valance where water had got in and corroded the wires , I clean them up and all was good.

With the rear lights they earth through the lamp holder and ...

Thank you for all your answers, yes it is a sucker fan, and yes it is the right thermostat, what I will have to do is put the old one on and give that a try.

Will it do any harm running like this, as Steve says with a electric fan the temp will go up and down?

Hi to all you good people :bluewave:

As I have said in the heading I think I know what you going to say.

A couple of months ago I fitted a revtec electric 12" fan recored radiator 82 degree thermostat and 13 lb radiator cap to my dolomite sprint, since doing this I have noticed that driving ...

really nice looking car, the stance looks really good, I have just fitted Gaz height adjustable shocks on my car is the any chance you can tell me at what height you have yours set at, from wheelarch to wheel centre front and rear.

I am just about to fit new poly bushes to my rear radius arms on my sprint, can anyone tell me which way round they go, rounded ends to the middle or flat ends to the middle.

I was looking at my sprint parts manual ,Haynes Manual and workshop manual and noticed that the expansion bottle is different to the one fitted to my car as per the pictures, my outlet comes out of the bottom,and i also see that the expansion pipe in on the thermostat housing as per the parts book ...

Thanks for your quick reply Bish it is very helpful.

I am looking at getting a pair of Chris Witors Superflex engine mounts for my sprint as I have noticed when i move the engine the rubber is starting to come away from the metal.

I have read on other forums that poly enginge mounts can cause vibrations through the car and are really only for track ...

Thanks mad mart for your quick reply.

When tighting the head down on a sprint engine after a few 1000 miles, do you slacken the bolt off and then retighten one at a time or just retorque them, also what torque should they be tigthen to and in what order.

Thanks