I've been around for a half century but I'm a young pup when it comes to this stuff. So I'm seeking advice from the experts. My 8N was a strong running tractor and very dependable until last fall when she became extremely difficult to start and began to blow black oilly smoke out the exhaust. Then I let her just run for about 10 minutes one morning and she quit on me. I discovered oil and gasoline in the radiator (I thought getting gasoline in the raditor was impossible but believe me it's there and in the oil pan). I put her in the garage for the winter and now it's time to get her going. My cousin and I did a compression test on it today and got the following results:(1-4 cylinder starting from battery end to radiator end)Dry: 1=80, 2=75, 3=90, 4=75
wet: 1=105, 2=97, 3=110, 4=85
Another test immediately after the wet test gave the following: 1=95, 2=95, 3=107, 4=70 Please note, during the compression tests the engine was cold because it does not run. Is this information helpful without the engine being hot? Well I don't know what else to say about it right now. Is it the Head gasket, Rings, cracked block (I sure hope not)? Anybody out there in tractor land have any ideas, please drop me a line. Is faith healing a possibility. Thanks for taking the time to read this. 8NChris
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