[AT] 430V update

[Spencer Yost]

Thanks Jon, I will try little sea foam now that you mention it.  I know from personal experience that is works miracles on noisy lifters so why not give it a try....

Yeah the manure spreading is for the newly cut field.  It's that time of year for lime as well.  Hope to get that on before the next batch of rain.  My helper that will man the Bobcat while I spread had something come up today so spreading will have to wait till tomorrow.

I am pretty sure it is only the stuck #1 cylinder pumping oil.  #2 looked perfect to me and the engine clearly has very little wear in general.  Interestingly I expected much more of a compression miss because of stuck compression rings. But the miss is barely noticeable and I don't see much blow-by. So the compression rings may not be stuck but the oil control ring clearly is :-)

Spencer Yost



Spencer Yost
> On Sep 23, 2017, at 1:03 AM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Spencer, have you considered using Seafoam? Reason I mention this is a 
> mechanic friend and I were discussing a recent increase in oil usage on 
> an a combine engine and he suggested I may want to try it in the 
> oil--he's thinking a ring was stuck from sitting so much of the year (we 
> also discussed the possibility of valve seals needing replacement). The 
> instructions are on the bottle for crankcase use as well as use in the gas.
> 
> By the way, is it only one cylinder doing all the oil burning? Guess you 
> could pull the plugs to see how dirty they are.
> 
> Have fun spreading tomorrow, guess you are putting it on the hay fields 
> since the last cutting is off?
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
> 
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