Posted by Janicholson on February 09, 2014 at 07:08:50 from (74.60.94.18):
In Reply to: Re: Thermostats posted by BruceS. on February 09, 2014 at 06:45:06:
Head cracking on a Gas start Diesel Run IH is not caused by running them at temperature. It is most often caused by rapid changes in head temperature. Not warming them up from cold for 5 minutes or so before going to full power, or getting them good and warmed up from field work and shutting them off like a light switch. (also should take 5 minutes of near idle/idle running) I believe (and was successful with mine) that they cool off more uniformly when idled on diesel than switching to gas, as a idling diesel makes much less heat than a gas burner, and the quick reheating of the spark/compression release chamber running on gas would seem to me to build more temperature change into the head and starting valves just before shutdown than running on diesel. (I have read the manual) Jim
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