Posted by ClarkR on September 21, 2009 at 05:06:38 from (209.149.201.5):
Sorry for long post. I use my IH 674 Diesel about every two weeks during the summer for 1.5-2 hours for light mowing/bush hogging. It has always used a quart or less of oil between uses. The last couple of times I noticed it using 2 or 3 quarts. This past weekend I used it for about 3.5 hours with the last couple of hours in very heavy tall grass and weeds. I noticed when working very hard that the crankcase breather tube was putting out some whitish steam/smoke with some oil dripping. I kept an eye on the oil guage and noticed pressure start to drop from 50 or so to about 25. I stopped the tractor and checked the oil. The dip stick would barely touch any oil. Didn't have any more oil so I parked her. Checked the air filter, it had a little stuff in the intake tube (probably from a rat), but not enough to stop off more than a small portion of the air. The air filer itself was pretty clean. It does not appear to be blowing oil smoke at the exhaust. Could it be a stuck ring? Broken ring? It's not running hot or using water. No water in oil or oil in water. Thinking of changing the oil and adding some Lucus oil treatment. Any other ideas to try?
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