Posted by Fritz Maurer on February 05, 2012 at 08:46:02 from (216.137.136.168):
In Reply to: Re: bad tractor day posted by HoosierHog on February 04, 2012 at 20:58:33:
Why do you need the radiator? Find rubber plugs for the inlet and outlet, pressurize it through heater port in water pump, or the block drain. (fill it with water first) You should have the pan off for this test, so you can see which cylinder is dripping. Otherwise, all you'll see is water dripping out the drain plug, and we already know water is getting to the crankcase. I think it would be best to have the manifolds off, too. Make an adapter for a garden hose to attach to your engine.You'll get a better test this way, since with the radiator on, the most pressure you can get would be 14lbs., without endangering the radiator. Most well water systems are about 40psi, city water even higher. Here's one more thing to try. Put it all back together and run it one more time, see if it does it again. I suggest this because I serviced a 655A for a guy last summer, which had the exhaust manifold split from frozen rainwater due to a rotten muffler. Radiator empty, oil dripping out dipstick tube, I told the customer the engine was wasted. (but it still ran) He said,"just change the oil and put on a new manifold". I did, and that blasted thing never lost another drop of water. I have no explanation. That experience defied everything I thought I knew about engines.
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