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Posted by Howard H. on July 07, 2003 at 07:44:12 from (164.58.210.211):
In Reply to: Re: Old tractor saves the day. posted by BillWV on July 07, 2003 at 06:32:40:
Hi, Yes - cavitation will eat through a cylinder liner very quickly if the conditions are right (or wrong!). I have an 895 Versatile with an 855 Cummins turbo & aftercooled - a 360 hp engine. One summer I got a small leak in the radiator, but we just kept running it - being careful to add water regularly. That worked great, except I didn't know I was diluting the anti-cavitation solution. Within just a few weeks, I was getting water in the oil. The Cummins mechanic who put the cylinder kit in to fix it said that cavitation is worse the more horsepower per cubic inch the engine develops and how hard the engine is working. He said it can even happen in just a matter of hours if conditions are really bad. Each liner looked like termites had been eating on it - a vertical band of small holes up and down each side. It was a pretty expensive lesson on me - I since keep a Cummins test kit of strips that test the coolant water and make sure the preventitive is strong enough. Glad to hear the old iron saved the day! Howard Henderson
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