[Farmall] Antifreeze in Oil

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Mon May 25 17:53:56 PDT 2009


 As was already mentioned pull the pan. If the outside of the sleeves are 
wet, then it is the O-rings (or a cracked block). If the inside of the 
sleeves are wet then it is the gasket, head, or maybe a cracked (or rusted 
through sleeve).  You may have to be patient to find the leak. Unless it is 
really bad it may take a day or so to find it. After pulling the pan I would 
wipe down the inside of the engine and lay a sheet of cardboard under the 
engine and  call it a day. Go back the next day and you should get a pretty 
good idea of the location of the leak.

One other thought is to pull the plugs and see if one of them is a different 
color than the rest.

If you wind up suspicioning the head you can have it checked for cracks at 
your local automotive machine shop if you can't see the crack.

If time and/or money are not on your side then go get some block seal--not 
radiator stop leak. The one I have used in the past was put out by Gunk. The 
only drawback is if the leak re-occurs and you keep running the tractor, you 
may be in for an expensive rebuild!

Let us know what you find.

John Hall


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ebony51 at frontiernet.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:23 PM
Subject: [Farmall] Antifreeze in Oil


>I went to change the oil in my dad's 1952 Super C I got back three years 
>ago.  I ran it about 10 minutes to warm it up. When I went to drain the 
>engine oil, about a pint of antifreeze came out first.  Cannot be good 
>news. I suppose it could range from a crack in block to maybe a bad gasket.
>
> Any recommendations what I might look at first, etc. and what I can do to 
> salvage the tractor.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Larry Hardesty
> 




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