706 head gasket

Rob Young · Oct 16, 2011

Recently I bought a early 706 diesel w/ the 282 motor. Noticed a very small amount of oil leaking from between the head and block after its warmed up. Assuming it needs a head gasket. No bubbles in the radiator or other symptoms. Any thoughts or ideas wouid be appreciated. Thank You!

Allan in NE · Oct 16, 2011

Are you real sure it's not coming from out of the exhaust? Diesels will slobber if not worked.

That 282D is a darned good engine.

Allan

DeltaRed · Oct 16, 2011

Dont mess with it!!Run it till you KNOW that there is a problem.As Allen says,could just be raw diesel from prolonged idleing.Get it good and hot-work the snot out it for a while.Steve

the tractor vet · Oct 16, 2011

RUN it , don't go messen with it till she is really bad. More then likely she has been turned up a bit and it may be seeping . If you think your going to get by with just putting in a new head gskt . that ain't ah going to happen .You will probably find that the head will need machined down to get it flat . And with out milling the head a new gskt . will not solve anything other them time waisted .

RedRoundhead · Oct 16, 2011

Ditto. Don't fiddle with it. I fiddled with mine by simply torquing the headbolts to specification; I got lucky, and it stopped seeping....as much!

Anonymous-0 · Oct 16, 2011

Dad always said you can buy a lot of oil for the cost of rebuilding an engine. If there is no coolant in the oil and vice/versa like the experts here have said, run it.

Rob Young · Oct 18, 2011

Thank you for your thoughts.Guess I will leave it alone for now.

706 head gasket

Rob Young

New User

Allan in NE

Well-known Member

DeltaRed

Well-known Member

the tractor vet

Well-known Member

RedRoundhead

Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

Rob Young

New User

Similar threads