FlatLand9n
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I found what I thought was a good deal on a MF 165 with continental motor and loader. When I looked at it, motor ran fine with no smoke or misfire. Drove it home about 1 mile and parked it to start shining her up. It had sat for months at a time without being ran. Previous owner used it to move around small bales for his horses on rare occasion is all. Not being a mechanic of any kind, it got neglected and sat out in the weather for years.
I began using engine degreaser and brake cleaner to blast off years of oil and hydraulic fluid leaks. Decided I needed to get it closer to a water hydrant so I attempted to move it but killed the battery trying. Charged the battery but starter just didn't have the torque to turn it over so I pulled it and cleaned it out. Brushes looked shot but hoped a good cleaning would get me by.. It worked. But then I noticed it ran rough like it was down a cylinder. Pulled each plug wire listening for an rpm change and found #2 and maybe #1 weren't firing and saw lots of smoke out the pipe. At first I thought I flooded it and fouled the plugs so I picked up some new AL 3116 and attempted it again. No fire on 2 again and plug was wet with oil. Pulled all plugs and 1 is also wet with oil. I have not done a compression test yet but what gave out? Am I looking at a rebuild here or does this possibly sound like a stuck oil ring? Could I have washed the cylinder walls down with fuel causing this to happen? If I have to rebuild this thing my wife will kill me...
I began using engine degreaser and brake cleaner to blast off years of oil and hydraulic fluid leaks. Decided I needed to get it closer to a water hydrant so I attempted to move it but killed the battery trying. Charged the battery but starter just didn't have the torque to turn it over so I pulled it and cleaned it out. Brushes looked shot but hoped a good cleaning would get me by.. It worked. But then I noticed it ran rough like it was down a cylinder. Pulled each plug wire listening for an rpm change and found #2 and maybe #1 weren't firing and saw lots of smoke out the pipe. At first I thought I flooded it and fouled the plugs so I picked up some new AL 3116 and attempted it again. No fire on 2 again and plug was wet with oil. Pulled all plugs and 1 is also wet with oil. I have not done a compression test yet but what gave out? Am I looking at a rebuild here or does this possibly sound like a stuck oil ring? Could I have washed the cylinder walls down with fuel causing this to happen? If I have to rebuild this thing my wife will kill me...