Did I blow my engine?

Posted by d-deral on June 12, 2005 at 04:34:58 from (68.118.238.157):

I was moving my M600 Bobcat yesterday. I was moving along a slight sideways incline. The rear drivers side tire (which had a slow leak) fell off the rim adding to the sideways incline that I was on. All of a sudden the entire yard was filled with white smoke. I immediately shut it down and got that sick feeling....I just blew the engine! I sat down looking at the machine sitting angled in the middle of my yard thinking what an expensive planter I have just added to my landscape. After a while I decided to try and start it and get it out of the middle of the yard. Surprisingly, it started and I was able to move it into the driveway. There was so much smoke I had to guess that I was in the driveway. When I shut it down and the smoke cleared I noticed that there was oil everywhere...yup, I must have blown the engine. Disgusted...I decide that I am not going to let this hunk of metal beat me. I am going to pull this thing apart and make it better, stronger, faster.
I start by cleaning up the leaking oil from the broken muffler. Oil was everywhere, it had sprayed all over the place as the muffler twisted in the breeze. I next try and pull the engine cover plates. and notice that I need to pull the plugs to complete this task. I pull the plugs and notice that the cylinder tops were not oil filled as I expected. What's going on here? I again decide to start the engine and will try and find out which cylinder let all the oil pass. This time I am not getting all the white smoke. As it continued to run and the oil that leaked out onto the engine burned off the air was getting clearer. The muffler was no longer covered with oil and the engine was running quite smoothly. I check the oil and it still is at a proper level.
Finally I arrive at my question. Did I blow my engine? It seems to run fine! If I did not blow my engine, what happened? The machine was at an angle, however it was not that severe (maybe 20 degrees). Did this slight angle allow oil to pour out the exhaust valves, and once the oil hit the muffler it burst into a cloud of smoke? Can anyone tell me what happened here?

Follow Ups:

• Re: Did I blow my engine? lawnmowerkid 12:11:49 06/15/05 (1)
  • Re: Did I blow my engine? d-deral 05:44:22 06/17/05 (0)
• Re: Did I blow my engine? MSM 13:42:37 06/12/05 (0)
• Re: Did I blow my engine? Joe Bloggs 08:48:46 06/12/05 (0)
• Re: Did I blow my engine? Redmud 05:31:45 06/12/05 (0)

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