Posted by Coytee on April 05, 2009 at 11:26:45 from (207.65.105.185):
My brother in law has an International 866. We've found that it has a slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww leak of coolant into the oil pan. My understanding is, this can mean a cracked head or perhaps a bad seal on the sleeves.
I've done nothing yet to try to dig further into it. I WILL add that last fall when this was discovered, we changed fluids and watched it... I was able to cut SEVERAL fields with absolutely ZERO indicaction of any loss of coolant.
Today, with the tractor having sat idle since maybe November, I now see my coolant is lower and my oil is higher.
I am going to change fluids again and keep eye on it as i cut a field BUT... I'm trying to get educated on doing a resleeve job.
I'm not a mechanic BUT I am very mechanically inclined... probably already have all the tools I'd need unless there is a special tool needed to pull the sleeve.
Is this something a backyard mechanic can do (under the presumption a re-sleeve will in fact, cure the problem)
If it's not the sleeve then that might suggest it's a cracked head? I'm presuming I'll have to have the heads off anyway so that might just be a good time to send it out to be checked. (?)
I've never done this... I'm not intimidated by it at all... engine is pretty easy to get to... I've got an industrial backhoe (mine) that I can use if I need to hoist anything.
Heck...to tell the truth, I thought about yanking the entire engine out and putting it on a stand so I could redo the entire engine... then keep realizing it's not MY machine to spend money on!!
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