Re: Diesel blue smoke

Posted by Bernie's Son-In-Law on March 04, 2006 at 14:35:55 from (141.154.50.54):

In Reply to: Diesel blue smoke posted by Bernie in MA on March 02, 2006 at 14:30:43:

This David Brown is a diesel, not sure if everyone knew that. I looked at it today and it was down about 1 1/2 gallons of antifreeze. I checked the oil, added 5 gallons of fuel, and topped off the antifreeze. However, less than 5 minutes after adding the antifreeze, it started spurting out the overflow. It doesn't seem like it was even hot enough for the thermostat to open, but i don't know. Head gasket? Thermostat stuck ? I noticed the excess exhaust smoke the other day before the radiator problems.
It doesn't just smoke upon start-up. At first, it just came and went, but now seems to do it all the time.
The fuel filters have been on a couple years, but I use clean fuel and the tractor hasn't had many hours on it. But I'll check them.
Also, the tractor does have a bolt on the intake manifold that can be removed so you insert a felt plug dipped in ether to start it in cold weather. I don't have that felt plug, so I usually just give a little starting fluid in the air cleaner. I know ether can damage diesel engines if used too much, but what damage does this do to the engine?
Thanks for your advice.

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