[AT] The "hood" on the W-4

[charliehill]

Roy you've got a leak somewhere.  It's not burning oil that fast.  Don't 
worry about hurting the head with low oil pressure.  Worry about the crank 
and rod bearings and the cam bushings.  If you were to burn two quarts of 
oil in a couple of hours of running you wouldn't be able to see where you 
were going for the smoke.

charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] The "hood" on the W-4


>
> On Dec 20, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Mike Sloane wrote:
>
>> If your rear main seal is leaking, it will go into the clutch housing,
>> not the transmission.
>
> The clutch is working fine, and I don't see but a drop or two of oil
> on the snow I am driving over.
>
>> How is the smoke? If your rings are worn, you will
>> suck oil into the combustion chambers and have "blue"/gray smoke as it
>> burns.
>
> I started and restarted the thing a few times today (ran out of gas
> once) and there was some smoke till it got warmed up.  There may be a
> sticking valve.  It was running rough then abruptly smoothed out and
> purred.  I really hope I have not hurt the head by running with low
> oil pressure.
>
>> If the front seal is leaking, the front of the engine will be
>> covered with fresh oil as it is blown back by the fan.
>
> There is some oil down in the pan area in front of the engine,,and a
> bit of coolant, too.  But not all over the engine.
>
>  put another two quarts in it today before running it (I'd gotten the
> truck stuck on the front lawn and needed to pull it out.)  The oil
> pressure held up high for a while then went down again.
>
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
>
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