[AT] stuck good on a WD 45 engine question!

[Ken Knierim]

Are the oil rings in correctly? I've not experienced it but been told
that if you get them in wrong (upside down) they can cause this very
situation...

Ken in AZ

On 12/11/06, John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:
> My neighbor an I are super expert tractor mechanics :)  but we are
> stumped and need ATIS help!    Got a WD 45 with even compression at
> 119 lbs and good oil rings....no blowby problem and a fresh valve job
> (superior quality of course), and a good tight head gasket.    The
> problem with this tractor is that it blows enough oil out the exhaust
> pipe to make your face greasy if your're facing a headwind.  It all
> seems to be coming from cylinders 3 and 4...which are fouling
> plugs.  We put valve stem seals on the exhaust valves, but still it
> blows oil and smoke out the exhaust pipe.  It seems to me that the
> only place for engine oil to get into the exhaust system would be
> within the head somewhere.  Question is....Where or How?   We are
> just now going out to plug the oil feed pipe to the head and run it
> awhile without oil feed to the rocker arm to see if the smoking
> problem changes any.....but even if it does....where would be the
> problem.....a crack somewhere in the head?  It is blowing too much
> oil for a hairline crack we maybe can't see.     ANY IDEAS WELCOME
> PLEASE!     John W.
>
>                     In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
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