I've posted this a couple of times before - tractor giving off white smoke. It needs a couple of minutes to warm up before it happens. I pulled the head this week and found water had been running into #4
cylinder. I had the head checked last year when I had the valves done so I'm sure it isn't cracked (tractor has had white smoke first day I started it up). I don't seen any cracks in the sleeve and have about
100 psi compression so I'm hoping it was just the head gasket leaking. Last head gasket had a metal side (placed down on the block) and what ever that grey material is against the head. My new head gasket is
metal on both sides. Anything I should do or look for while I have it apart. I'm assuming I need to use a sealer on the head gasket. While I had it apart I found all kinds of crap in the water jacket,
including a snake skin. The tractor had sat for many years missing the radiator and water pump so junk got in there. I flushed all that out as part of getting ready for the new gasket.
cylinder. I had the head checked last year when I had the valves done so I'm sure it isn't cracked (tractor has had white smoke first day I started it up). I don't seen any cracks in the sleeve and have about
100 psi compression so I'm hoping it was just the head gasket leaking. Last head gasket had a metal side (placed down on the block) and what ever that grey material is against the head. My new head gasket is
metal on both sides. Anything I should do or look for while I have it apart. I'm assuming I need to use a sealer on the head gasket. While I had it apart I found all kinds of crap in the water jacket,
including a snake skin. The tractor had sat for many years missing the radiator and water pump so junk got in there. I flushed all that out as part of getting ready for the new gasket.
