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Posted by rustyj14 W/PA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 30, 09 at 20:20
Yep--i have finally latched on to a real oil maker type of tractor engine! NOT!!
I noticed that my "free" Toro Wheel-horse tractor "made oil" instead of using it! Every time i checked it, there was more on the stick! (This after a double-stick). And, if i can find a way to do it, i will separate the gas from the oil!
Well, being that i don't think the moon is made of green cheese, as my Grand-father used to say, i also knew the thing wasn't making oil! I installed a fuel shut-off, changed the oil, and hopefully my gusher is tamed down!
And then, i removed the oil plug on my other tractor and-yep-same thing, altho not too thin yet, but i installed a shut-off on it, too. And it'll get the oil changed Monday morning! Better safe than sorry! And a quart of oil is much cheaper than a new short block! |
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Make sure the carb is not flooding into the crankcase
Had that happen on a Scotts, carb float was stuck, emptied the fuel tank into the crankcase over night |
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| Thank you rustyj, I know there are some die-hards who cling to the notion that the needle valve is supposed to fulfill the duties of a fuel shut off valve. That is only partly true and it depends on how you define a shut off valve. I consider the needle valve and float combo to be an automatic, self operated, regulator valve (regulating the fuel level in the bowl) and not a genuine fuel shut off valve. I can remember a time when just about every tractor, mower, or other application with a gravity fed fuel system featured a fuel shut off valve or petcock in the bottom of the fuel tank by the OEM. Somewhere along the path to progress and profitability, it was decided that the petcock could be omitted and just let the needle valve handle the job of stopping the flow of fuel from the tank while the machine is off duty. The thinking that led to the disappearance of OEM shut off valves is another good example of the "Not my problem" attitude used to justify and defend the decision to drop the petcock valve. If a machine has a gravity fed fuel system......it needs a fuel shut off valve. |
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| "I can remember a time when just about every tractor, mower, or other application with a gravity fed fuel system featured a fuel shut off valve or petcock in the bottom of the fuel tank by the OEM. Somewhere along the path to progress and profitability" Just read an old Readers Digest article about the contortions Chrysler went thru designing one of their previous vans. Big deal was things such as ommiting the cigeret lighter just furninshing a utility plug in saving some .30 per vehicle, elimating the 3rd hinge on the lift gate, $3+ per vehicle on and on. |
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| True we place a lot of trust behind a tiny needle seat designed to hold back the 6-12 pounds of fuel sitting above it. I have received several nice bottles as of late for either installing or recommending the installation of a fuel shutoff cock, and several cordials to offer over the holidays. The viton in the seats simple cannot handle today's fuels. |
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My large Snapper RER was down due to a bad engine, so i was using another RER by Snapper, a smaller cut model rec'd as a gift, and in lousy condition, although it was used by me when i needed it. 8 H.P., No bagger, but it ran. So, one day, after i forgot to check the oil, i was riding along, when BANG!! It was rather disconcerting, since the engine was right behind me! And, of course, it turned to junk! And, of course, the oil smelled gassy, and thin, what was left in it!
So, what has been said today about the present day gasoline being hard on carb. parts, i installed shut-off valves on all of my "fuel tank above engine" tractors, etc. |
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***"I have received several nice bottles as of late for either installing or recommending the installation of a fuel shutoff cock, and several cordials to offer over the holidays."***
Finally, somebody using ethanol for its intended purpose :^) |
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