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

John Wilkens jwilkens at eoni.com
Tue Dec 12 05:20:38 PST 2006


We'll taker a closer look at this.  Anything would be better than a 
crack in the head.  Might be looking for a used head!   John



At 02:57 PM 12/11/2006, you wrote:
>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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