PLEASE HELP !! ASAP

Anonymous-0 · Aug 10, 2009

I have an Ih 484 that I am bush hogging with and today I used ot for a little bit and then it started acting like it was starving for power and it was sotra sputtering and putting out white smoke I cleaned the air filter and the radiator and it is still doing it and has no power at all PLEASE HELP

Will Herring · Aug 10, 2009

(quoted from post at 21:54:44 08/10/09) I have an Ih 484 that I am bush hogging with and today I used ot for a little bit and then it started acting like it was starving for power and it was sotra sputtering and putting out white smoke I cleaned the air filter and the radiator and it is still doing it and has no power at all PLEASE HELP

Carb clogged? Bad diesel? Fouled plugs? Dirty/clogged sediment bowl? Too much sediment in the gas tank? A vintage of tractor that needs lead additive in the fuel? I'm not familiar with the model personally, but check your fuel lines first, I'd say.

Paul in MN · Aug 10, 2009

White smoke usually means water is getting in the combustion chamber(s). Pull the spark plugs and look at them very carefully for signs of water or antifreeze. You may have a bad head gasket, cracked head, or sleeve that isn't sealing. I do not remember if the 484 is a wet sleeve engine.

Also loosen the engine oil drain plug just enough to tip it just a bit sideways. Catch drips in a can or jar. Is it antifreeze or water?? They will settle to the bottom of the pan overnight.

I hope I am wrong! And your problem is just a minor one.

Best wishes,

Paul in MN

Anonymous-0 · Aug 10, 2009

I'm thinking you may have a blown head gasket. White smoke might indicate you're burning water. Could be the fuel is watered up as well.

Wesley Stephens · Aug 10, 2009

did you run it hot?

Anonymous-0 · Aug 10, 2009

yes it was one hundred degrees out today but the needle never got to the overheating point but it was hot

Wesley Stephens · Aug 10, 2009

If you got it hot enough to blow a head gasket, you'd know it. A clogged fuel filter on a diesel will make it smoke and obviously cut power. If it's a gas motor, you probably have some trouble.

Ray · Aug 10, 2009

Sounds like you ran out of fuel,probably a filter. Those things would smoke white when short on fuel.

Allan in NE · Aug 11, 2009

Diesel, right?

Like Ray says, it's starving for fuel.

Replace the fuel filters and clean the sediment bowl screen.

Allan

Anonymous-0 · Aug 11, 2009

Don"t forget to check the fuel supply from the tank in case there is a partial blockage therein.

Paul in MN · Aug 11, 2009

James,

My reply just above relates to the white smoke symptoms of a gas engine. As others have said, this symptom in a diesel certainly can be fuel related. We have recently had diesel fuel algae problems fully plugging up the fuel filters in our 3688 IH. It definitely ran short of power before completely coming to a stop. I cut the filter can tops off and pulled the element out and it was filled with black algae. As we are fuelling 6 diesel tractors from our bulk tank, I would think the problem would be showing up in all of them (Fords, 1060 CIH, JD) but NO, just the one 3688 tractor. I am befuddled, but glad the others aren't giving problems.

Paul in MN

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