Advice on Massey Ferguson 135 3Cyl Perkins

Long Hill

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Hello there, I need help troubleshooting an issue with my Massey-Ferguson 135 with 3 cyl Perkins dsl. This morning after snow blowing the driveway, it started to idle roughly producing smoke. It then stalled and all I could do after that was to start it, and it would run for a few seconds and then stall again. When it was starting in this fashion, the throttle lever had no effect and the engine kept a very low rpm until it stalled. There is a knocking sound that wasn't there before and it looks like it has blown some oil from the oil bath out the top of it. I have posted a video on youtube at http://youtu.be/mXNR_i2DD-M where you can hear the knocking and gushing air noise from intake. There is a small fuel leak on top of an injector on the return line, but that has been there for a while, don't think it has anything to do with this condition but I might be wrong as I am new to this kind of issue.Anyway I would like to know what you guys are thinking, where should I start?
Many thanks
 
You should place your request over on the MH/MF Forum. You will get more responses. You can post your video on there as a link. You need to make sure you type everything correctly or it won't post. Use the space Optional Link URL for posting the video. Hal
 
You said you were snow blowing. Did you check air cleaner to see if you sucked snow into it and it froze and pluging it?
 
Blowing oil out the intake does not sound good. Wondering if it was engine oil or unburned diesel, either way, not good.

A quick "listen to it" compression test, disconnect the fuel solenoid wire from the injector pump so it won't try to start, give it a short crank with the starter and listen as each cylinder goes through the compression stroke. Does it sound normal or does one turns by faster than the others? Is air blowing out the intake when that cylinder goes by?

If so, maybe a dropped valve or broken valve spring.

That would be a good place to start looking from the description.
 
Fuel didn't gell did it? I'm as guilty as the rest at
thinking worse case scenario, but I'd change the fuel
filter first with some diesel 911 in it.
 

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