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Re: John Deere H anti freeze in the oil?
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Posted by RKS on April 27, 1999 at 10:20:08:
In Reply to: John Deere H anti freeze in the oil? posted by Barry Brooks on April 27, 1999 at 07:28:08:
sorry to bear the bad news, but it's probably either a blown head gasket, or a cracked block or head. The water jacket inside the block also feeds up into the head. Where the head joins the block, these passages must be separated from the oil passages by proper sealing of the head gasket. Within the block and up into the head, the walls of the water jacket must not crack. If they crack, coolant will enter the crankcase and therefore show up in the oil. Hope for your sake it's just a head gasket, but you're about to spend some money. If you can't fix this yourself, get a mechanic to confirm these suspicions, but *don't* run the tractor until you get this resolved. The oil will lose its lubrication qualities because of the coolant, and you will burn up bearings in the engine, if you haven't already. Sorry. RKS
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