My 2001 hitachi ex35u mini excavator has an Isuzu 3ld1 in it. I pressure washed the mini a bunch before I disassembled it to give it a new paint job and make everything newish again and after pressure washing it I found I had moved a bunch of grime over to the end of the crankcase vent tube and blocked it off. When I started the engine before knowing the tube was blocked I came around to the engine and noticed the dipstick was bouncing out and oil was coming out. That’s when I found the blocked tube. Cleared the grime away and everything back to normal.
my question is is there too much blow by? The engine starts and runs very well. In fact the glow plugs hadn’t worked due to what I believe is a bad relay or controller and it still started pretty good in 15 degree F temps without any aid or heater making me believe compression is fine and rings would be ok.The machine has 4500 hrs on it.
what’s your thoughts?
my question is is there too much blow by? The engine starts and runs very well. In fact the glow plugs hadn’t worked due to what I believe is a bad relay or controller and it still started pretty good in 15 degree F temps without any aid or heater making me believe compression is fine and rings would be ok.The machine has 4500 hrs on it.
what’s your thoughts?