Passionhawk1
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If you're diagnosing head gasket problems in an off-road diesel engine and coming at it from an automotive background, you're only going to get so far. The big difference is the wet cylinder liners. The liner flanges will suffer from erosion from not using the correct coolant, and early models suffer from the same problem at high hours even with good coolant. The result is what's called a "dropped" liner which relaxes the grip on the head gasket fire-ring.
It's all (usually) fixable, but if you get away with a head gasket and new/skimmed head, consider yourself lucky.
Hello Cmark:
There are two tractors. One is a '67 and the other is a '72. The '67 has a bad clutch and the '72 has the gasquet issue. I've heard the sad story about putting in the wrong glycol into a diesel engine. I'm glad you reminded me of how one can ruin the sleeves. I think both engines are 3208s in the D8H. I also think they are both 270 HP. I'm going to hire someone to inspect both rigs and give me an assessment.
Yes, it's all fixable. Everything is fixable if you throw enough time and money at it.
For my general knowledge, when did the "wet cylinder" issue go away - and with what model Cat engine?
Thank you for your comment and observation. Good call.
Kindest Regards,
Jim Mitchell
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