Mark - IN.
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...when I drained the oil on the B today, the antifreeze that lead the way was a perfect shade of green. Wasn't a lot of it, but sure caught my eye. First time that ever happened. Drained the cooling system to get a look at the antifreeze, and it was perfect green too, so didn't look like anything was pressured into the cooling system from last season. Filled it. Changed the oil filter, put in five quarts of detergent 40 weight, same as last year. I wonder about that too. Forever, I've run non-detergent 40 wt. Last year I made a move to detergent 40 wt. Am wondering if I broke something loose that has been plugged up and hidden by gunk for decades. Anyway, I ran it about 15 or 20 minutes or so, drained the new oil out, it had some foam in it, like contamination, but didn't see antifreeze. The antifreeze on the first drain bothers me, it came from somewhere that it shouldn't have. The fact that the second round didn't have antifreeze in it bothers me too, because something might be on the verge. When I ran it, at first it was spitting moisture out the stack, but stopped. The foam in the new oil when I drained it, might have been moisture built up in the crank case from a long cold winter of setting that got cleaned off by new hot oil. So, got the oil pan drain plug out and the radiator cap off, setting over a drain pan for the night. We'll see what tomorrow morning brings. And tomorrow, I'll drain the trans and rearend, and put in new gear lube. To be honest, I hope that its contaminated from moisture too, because I know that its sealed well, except from condensation. And we'll start on the Deeres, but they haven't been setting. They've been running all sub-zero winter moving snow. The B has been setting in a corner since about last November.
You know? I've got an '02 Dodge, Cummins, automatic. I don't drive it so much. Has 70,000 on it, and the dealer warranty repaired the trans when it went out at 25,000. Then I had a trans shop overhaul it when it went out around 50,000. Rebuilt it. About 60,000, it went out again, so took it back to the trans shop right after their 2 year warranty went out. When they opened it up, they called me and asked if I had been driving it through swamps because everything in the trans was severely coated with rust. Nope, it pretty much stays in the barn, especially during winter, when I don't take it out at all. Well, they split the cost of a second total rebuild with me, and asked me to drive it some in the winter, to coat the insides with trans fluid to keep it from rusting up setting in the barn, I assume from internal condensation. Why did I mention this? That foamy new oil in my little B. The antifreeze, although not much, scares me. But, I'm hoping that foamy new oil was caused by it setting in the corner of a barn for about 5 months, not run, in one of the coldest winters we've had for a long time. When I drain the trans and rearend tomorrow, that should shed some light on it. Either its going to be foamy too, or not. And, I put about 4 miles on the '02 Dodge today too.
Mark
You know? I've got an '02 Dodge, Cummins, automatic. I don't drive it so much. Has 70,000 on it, and the dealer warranty repaired the trans when it went out at 25,000. Then I had a trans shop overhaul it when it went out around 50,000. Rebuilt it. About 60,000, it went out again, so took it back to the trans shop right after their 2 year warranty went out. When they opened it up, they called me and asked if I had been driving it through swamps because everything in the trans was severely coated with rust. Nope, it pretty much stays in the barn, especially during winter, when I don't take it out at all. Well, they split the cost of a second total rebuild with me, and asked me to drive it some in the winter, to coat the insides with trans fluid to keep it from rusting up setting in the barn, I assume from internal condensation. Why did I mention this? That foamy new oil in my little B. The antifreeze, although not much, scares me. But, I'm hoping that foamy new oil was caused by it setting in the corner of a barn for about 5 months, not run, in one of the coldest winters we've had for a long time. When I drain the trans and rearend tomorrow, that should shed some light on it. Either its going to be foamy too, or not. And, I put about 4 miles on the '02 Dodge today too.
Mark