Posted by WA-Hal on April 06, 2010 at 17:00:44 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Re: Massey 265 HOT posted by El Toro on April 06, 2010 at 16:09:18:
Years ago I had an impeller come off the water pump shaft on a slant 6 Mopar. When that happened, circulation stopped and it soon overheated. Every other time I had a water pump fail, it started leaking out the shaft, but the shaft, seal and bearings were fine on that one. Kind of hard to figure it out, but finally when I took off the pump, the impeller fell out on the ground.
I would suggest looking into the radiator neck when the engine is operating and warm enough to open the thermostat. Obviously, don't do this after it is hot, and already have the radiator cap off when you start the tractor. If you do not see coolant moving in the upper radiator tank, either the water pump is not pumping or the thermostat has stuck closed. I have never seen a thermostat stuck closed--all of them have failed by sticking open in my experience, but I guess it could happen.
If you do this test, be real careful. Hot coolant CAN shoot out the filler opening under certain conditions.
If the coolant starts bubbling out of the radiator, I would suspect a head gasket problem. I have no experience with Masseys, so I don't know how much hassle it would be to replace a head gasket on one. But I would always advise at least checking the flatness of the head surface and also the block deck surface whenever a head gasket fails. BTDT, with some bad memories of doing a job twice.
But hopefully you will find a stuck thermostat, or something easy. Good luck!
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