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Farmall H having radiator problems, plus more...

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Sean W

05-29-2004 22:06:26




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I was out mowing the other day with the H and when I got done, I heard a funny noise coming from the overflow pipe on the radiator. What was coming out of the pipe was foam. I never noticed or had any problem with foam coming out of the overflow. I seen plain antifreeze, but not foam. I looked at the temp gauge and it was about to the "L" on the word "COLD". This tractor never did warm up very much, even plowing in the hot summer. Then it only got to the "O" in "COLD". But when I seen the foam, I took off the cap and the tank was all full of foam. I left it go for a few days, then used the tractor again. This time the water temp was gradually climbing up to the "D" in "COLD". I was only out for about 30 minutes, maybe a little more. No foam overflowing but it was starting to build up in the radiator. I had overhauled the engine back in the summer of 2000, and I had not changed the antifreeze yet since then. I was smelling the antifreeze, and smelled like some gas in the radiator? Could it be a head gasket? I retorqued the head bolts to 70ftlbs, some were off by 15ftlbs. I had taken out the spark plugs and they were actually pretty good looking yet. I did notice a few spots on them that looked like the ground of a welder had been put on it. I took a blow gun off of an air compressor and put it where the spark plug goes, but I heard no bubbling noise in the radiator. I have yet to check the drain plug on the oil pan. I need to see if there is water in the oil pan. But what bothers me is it just suddenly started foaming. What on earth could be doing this? I want to change out the anitfreeze and just put in regular water and see what happens. It is raining now, so I can work on it. Need some anwsers to these questions, the farm shows and plowing bees are starting to come up, and I need my tractor working properly. Thanks!

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JON

05-30-2004 10:51:49




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 Re: Farmall H having radiator problems, plus more. in reply to Sean W, 05-29-2004 22:06:26  
HI SEAN, I know there will be others out there that will disagree with me but you say your head bolts were off from each other. The only way you could know that would have been trying to crack them while they were torqued. The correct way is to back them off and retorque them. You can bust a head bolt off bye trying to torque them without letting it off first. I had a neighbor go through a lot of exspencive head bolts doing it that way. He even paid to have his torque wrench recalibrated and checked.As far as the foam goes my H has done that before to me with no problems. If you think there is a problem after checking what the previous poster said. And its not big in my oppinion go ahead and puts some bars leak or silver seal in it sure wont hurt anything . I have a old Farming neighbor that swears by bars for lubracation in the waterpump in all of his tractors.I put it in mine to stop a large radiator leak. JON

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riverbend

05-30-2004 07:14:21




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 Re: Farmall H having radiator problems, plus more. in reply to Sean W, 05-29-2004 22:06:26  
You might have (or had) a head gasket leak, or worst case, a cracked head. If you look in the radiator when the tractor is running, do you see bubbles ? If so, do they smell like exhaust ? If the tractor is not blowing white smoke and your plugs didn't have a green tint on the porcelain, the leak is probably from the cylinder to the cooling system.

When you check for antifreeze in the oil, try to just let out a few tablespoons of oil. It will make it easier to see the water.

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