theironoracle
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bob, it wouldn't. suppose that doesn't apply to this motor......TIO
Alldodge, water in the oil. This can happen when the oil cooler fails, or when the water pump fails and the weep hole is plugged, or when aftercooler fails but you probably don't have one of those on this tractor. there are many other ways but in my experience these are the most common......TIO
OK, thanks, I'm getting all the gaskets needed for a full overhaul, so the should come with them. CAT says they don't have an overhaul kit so I need to get 4 different sets to cover the whole engine.I was actually talking about removing the cooler base. It seals onto the block with O rings and you'll be wanting to replace them while you're at it. They leak when they've got a few hours on them. It also containg the cooler bypass valve which you should remove and clean/check.
The cooler core will just be stuck to the base as suggested by kshansen.
Sorry for the confusion.
Alldodge, water in the oil. This can happen when the oil cooler fails, or when the water pump fails and the weep hole is plugged, or when aftercooler fails but you probably don't have one of those on this tractor. there are many other ways but in my experience these are the most common......TIO
One thing that I think is missing or not clear is are we talking about water or coolant? Often people will use the terms interchangeably but this can cause confusion. There are times you can have water in the oil but not coolant! Say from a missing filler cap or water down an exhaust pipe, or even condensation in an engine stored for long time. Of course it can make things harder to diagnose if straight water is used as the coolant, not a good idea even in warm areas.
I can't figure out why the instructions for camshaft removal include removal of the dowel/stud???? and a special tool to do it!!!
you don't think that the reason the pickup tube was already off was because somebody had already started working on it and said **** on it and put the pan back on and the water just got in from rain
It's just to weird, if the signs or rust is not looked at, the engine looks real good. Took everything to the machine shop yesterday and the engine has sleeves in it. There is no scoring in the cylinders and no ring groove. Only item that shows wear is the bearings and they scored but not that much. Still reminds me that the engine lost oil pressure and that was it.
Hope once I get everything back together there won't be any problem with the tranny or final drives. Going to pull the filter screen out and replace Hyd and tranny filters.
Did you pull the sleeves? I would at least do that to replace the orings around the bottom and inspect for pitting on the outside of the sleeves
Haven't pulled the sleeves and the shop didn't mention it. This engine (3204) didn't have sleeves so it was bored then sleeved. Would the sleeves for this engine have O-rings or are they pressed fitted?
See my "EDIT" to previous post!