pf/l
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2012
- Messages
- 236
- Location
- Prince Albert Saskatchewan
- Occupation
- Farmer/logger/heavy equipment op.
Hey everyone had a odd problem today out of the blue with my D7E high horse motor.
Been doing some dirt work this fall and everything was going honky dory, took the day off yesterday for thanksgiving(yup I’m in Canada) and went back to work this afternoon again after a quick trip to the optometrist. Checked the engine oil and fired up as usual. Let it warm up while I was filling it up with fuel again and carried off on my way to where I was working. Only a couple hundred feet away. Back bladed some dirt out of a ditch in one spot and noticed the heat gauge was climbing quick. Backed up on level ground and checked the coolant. Sure enough it was low and there was a oil film around the top of the lid. Ok uh oh we have problems here. Drove back down into the ditch and checked the coolant again on the slope and still nothin showing. Got it back to the truck and parked it, was a bit of something burning off under the hood. Not exactly sure what it was but it wasn’t antifreeze. Seemed to be coming from around the glow plugs on the front head. Checked the transmission oil after that and sure enough it was overfull. The thing that gets me though is how does it go from running great to siting for 2 days and draining the coolant into the transmission. Sure seems odd. It’s been running warm but not hot. Around 180°F never gets much higher. Torque temp was climbing the last day i was working but that was the only unusual thing I saw. I’m assuming the transmission cooler sprung a leak but still seems odd to me that it would drain back like that siting there. I’m hoping the heads and head gasket are ok yet. Tonight I briefly fired it up again just to see how it sounded. Ran great with no blow by or smoke. Was smoking a bit when it was hot this afternoon. Actually smelt more like diesel though then oil. I let a little bit of oil out the drain plug at the back for the transmission. I didn’t get green antifreeze but the oil had a slight gray color to it. No leaks on the cat, everything was dry underneath yet. It’s a mile away from home now and I’d like to get it back here to work on it. We’re starting to freeze at night now so I’m Leary of putting water in it. Also hate to add more water to the transmission although it should go the other way when it’s running in a perfect world.
Any thoughts or help is appreciated.
Been doing some dirt work this fall and everything was going honky dory, took the day off yesterday for thanksgiving(yup I’m in Canada) and went back to work this afternoon again after a quick trip to the optometrist. Checked the engine oil and fired up as usual. Let it warm up while I was filling it up with fuel again and carried off on my way to where I was working. Only a couple hundred feet away. Back bladed some dirt out of a ditch in one spot and noticed the heat gauge was climbing quick. Backed up on level ground and checked the coolant. Sure enough it was low and there was a oil film around the top of the lid. Ok uh oh we have problems here. Drove back down into the ditch and checked the coolant again on the slope and still nothin showing. Got it back to the truck and parked it, was a bit of something burning off under the hood. Not exactly sure what it was but it wasn’t antifreeze. Seemed to be coming from around the glow plugs on the front head. Checked the transmission oil after that and sure enough it was overfull. The thing that gets me though is how does it go from running great to siting for 2 days and draining the coolant into the transmission. Sure seems odd. It’s been running warm but not hot. Around 180°F never gets much higher. Torque temp was climbing the last day i was working but that was the only unusual thing I saw. I’m assuming the transmission cooler sprung a leak but still seems odd to me that it would drain back like that siting there. I’m hoping the heads and head gasket are ok yet. Tonight I briefly fired it up again just to see how it sounded. Ran great with no blow by or smoke. Was smoking a bit when it was hot this afternoon. Actually smelt more like diesel though then oil. I let a little bit of oil out the drain plug at the back for the transmission. I didn’t get green antifreeze but the oil had a slight gray color to it. No leaks on the cat, everything was dry underneath yet. It’s a mile away from home now and I’d like to get it back here to work on it. We’re starting to freeze at night now so I’m Leary of putting water in it. Also hate to add more water to the transmission although it should go the other way when it’s running in a perfect world.
Any thoughts or help is appreciated.