Mr. T. Minnesota
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Another issue-
I have been working on a 172 Ford diesel off and on for the past few years. Engine runs fine but I have an issue with fuel draining into the oil pan. I thought I had figured out the problem but when up north last there was too much oil/fuel in the oil pan. Problem is this is happening when the engine is not running. This engine is on an old Pettibone log skidder with two lines coming from the gravity fed fuel tank. The lines exit the tank one in the front and one in the back which I believe is to accommodate for going up and down rough terrain to get a constant fuel feed. One line has a shut off valve and the other does not. Could it be that the valveless line is allowing fuel to somehow go through the injector pump into the oil pan? Is there a problem with the injector pump seals? I plan to put a shut off valve on the valveless line to see if that cures the problem.
One more observation is that the injector pump is always very shiny, glossy looking on the outside as if just spit shined??
Any and all comments are welcome.
Another issue-
I have been working on a 172 Ford diesel off and on for the past few years. Engine runs fine but I have an issue with fuel draining into the oil pan. I thought I had figured out the problem but when up north last there was too much oil/fuel in the oil pan. Problem is this is happening when the engine is not running. This engine is on an old Pettibone log skidder with two lines coming from the gravity fed fuel tank. The lines exit the tank one in the front and one in the back which I believe is to accommodate for going up and down rough terrain to get a constant fuel feed. One line has a shut off valve and the other does not. Could it be that the valveless line is allowing fuel to somehow go through the injector pump into the oil pan? Is there a problem with the injector pump seals? I plan to put a shut off valve on the valveless line to see if that cures the problem.
One more observation is that the injector pump is always very shiny, glossy looking on the outside as if just spit shined??
Any and all comments are welcome.