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

[John Wilkens]

They both look good.   John



At 02:45 PM 12/11/2006, you wrote:
>Are the valve guides in good shape?  Are the oil rings possibly stuck on
>those cylinders?
>
>Lou
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>Subject: [AT] stuck good on a WD 45 engine question!
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>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.
>
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