MF35 Perkins Blowing Oil out of dipstick. Is there PCV?

Thanks for your help, as I don't have the time or money for a rebuild right now.

That blow-by is caused by worn sleeves and rings. There is normally a crankcase vent pipe on the perkins - about 1/2" diameter pipe running from the top front of the valve cover down past the crankshaft pulley. No PCV.

This pipe may be plugged, or the blow-by is just too much for the pipe to handle.

They will run for a long time that way as long as the oil pressure is ok. Messy, but there's usually not a lot of oil blown out to mess up the ground. More goes out the exhaust.

When you do get ready to overhaul, the Perkins is the cheapest and one of the easier ones to overhaul, and parts (Perkins - and MF replacement) are somewhat cheaper here in Canada.

There seems to be some knocking in the valve train, but I am not familiar with small diesels enough to know if it is a problem. I was told that the bottom end had been redone by a previous owner some time back, but I don't see why they wouldn't do the whole engine if they took the time to tear it apart. As I see it, you have to split the tractor and can't just drop the pan to redo the bottom end(It is like the 8n with the pan used as the frame, right?).

IT just has so much more power than my 8n that I can't see how the performance could be diminished.

Thanks for your response.