Posted by mkirsch on May 07, 2013 at 05:10:36 from (216.43.0.134):
In Reply to: Gas in oil pan posted by Ihcrazy1 on May 07, 2013 at 05:01:52:
There is no way for the gas to openly flow from the tank to the crankcase.
In order for the gas to fill up the crankcase, it would have to fill up the carburetor, fill up the entire intake manifold, and then flow in through the cylinders. This would be VERY obvious, because the next time you started the tractor it would either hydrolock, or spout a geyser of gasoline out the muffler!!!
The carburetor has a drain to prevent such a thing from happening.
The only other way for gasoline to get into the crankcase is if one cylinder isn't firing, but it would take a LONG time for the gas to "fill" the crankcase this way.
It's amazing how many people don't know what a Farmall is supposed to sound like, and will merrily drive around on 2 or 3 cylinders, "purring like a kitten."
Your tractor should run smoothly like a sewing machine, not pop and sputter like a Harley Davidson or old John Deere. If it's going "rat-tat-tat-tat" not "rrrrrrrrrrrr" then you're missing on a cylinder.
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