Aerohead
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Hello to everyone. I joined this forum recently after buying a 1982 Case 580 Super D backhoe. I bought this machine off Craigslist and was convinced by the seller it had no problems. He delivered it in my driveway and so I started it up every few days and started buying things like seat, couple hoses, changing hyd. fluid, etc. I checked the oil level just prior to getting ready to change it and found way over full and foamy. I changed the oil and filter any way and started it up. As it was warming up I kept feeling the top and bottom radiator hoses and found them not to be getting warm. I then started adding coolant and it took 2.5 gallons. I started it and immediately saw coolant flowing out of the rad overflow tube. I then opened the rad cap a 1/4 of a turn and coolant gushed out like Niagra falls. So I figured I had 2 problems. Coolant in the oil and combustion in rad. I then removed the thermostat and poured dye in the rad. Let it run a few times and all the while coolant flowed out of the over flow tube. I then pulled the oil pan and found # sleeve leaking bad. I then pulled the head and could not find any problem with the gasket or cracks. I then pulled all the liners and found all the o-rings to be bad (broken/cracked) and I could not find any cracks or bad cavitation in them. The inside of the block looked good with no cavitation or cracks. I want to do an in frame rebuild but am hesitant. I believe I found the coolant in the oil problem being the liners but what about the pressure in the coolant system? Thank you in advance for any help.
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