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Did I blow my engine?

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d-deral

06-12-2005 04:34:58




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I was moving my M600 Bobcat yesterday. I was moving along a slight sideways incline. The rear drivers side tire (which had a slow leak) fell off the rim adding to the sideways incline that I was on. All of a sudden the entire yard was filled with white smoke. I immediately shut it down and got that sick feeling....I just blew the engine! I sat down looking at the machine sitting angled in the middle of my yard thinking what an expensive planter I have just added to my landscape. After a while I decided to try and start it and get it out of the middle of the yard. Surprisingly, it started and I was able to move it into the driveway. There was so much smoke I had to guess that I was in the driveway. When I shut it down and the smoke cleared I noticed that there was oil everywhere...yup, I must have blown the engine. Disgusted...I decide that I am not going to let this hunk of metal beat me. I am going to pull this thing apart and make it better, stronger, faster.
I start by cleaning up the leaking oil from the broken muffler. Oil was everywhere, it had sprayed all over the place as the muffler twisted in the breeze. I next try and pull the engine cover plates. and notice that I need to pull the plugs to complete this task. I pull the plugs and notice that the cylinder tops were not oil filled as I expected. What's going on here? I again decide to start the engine and will try and find out which cylinder let all the oil pass. This time I am not getting all the white smoke. As it continued to run and the oil that leaked out onto the engine burned off the air was getting clearer. The muffler was no longer covered with oil and the engine was running quite smoothly. I check the oil and it still is at a proper level.
Finally I arrive at my question. Did I blow my engine? It seems to run fine! If I did not blow my engine, what happened? The machine was at an angle, however it was not that severe (maybe 20 degrees). Did this slight angle allow oil to pour out the exhaust valves, and once the oil hit the muffler it burst into a cloud of smoke? Can anyone tell me what happened here?

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lawnmowerkid

06-15-2005 12:11:49




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 Re: Did I blow my engine? in reply to d-deral, 06-12-2005 04:34:58  
you didnt blow the motor and i doupt if you have a hydrolic leak. you proally tipped the motor too far back and oil shot throught the breather tube into the intake then burnt through the motor. the oil still seems full because a little oil can go a long way, meaning a few drops can burn forever. ive done this to a few motors not including a bobcat and all i did was clean the airfilter and let the oil burn out.

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d-deral

06-17-2005 05:44:22




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 Re: Did I blow my engine? in reply to lawnmowerkid, 06-15-2005 12:11:49  
My concerns over blowing the motor are no more. The angle did allow the breather tube to send oil though the carb. Wow what a smoke show! Hard to believe that so much smoke was created from this. Cleaned the excess oil away and it"s back to normal.
Thanks for the help!



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MSM

06-12-2005 13:42:37




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 Re: Did I blow my engine? in reply to d-deral, 06-12-2005 04:34:58  
You probably just tipped it a little too far, and the breather or the low side pistons picked up the oil,and what it didn't burn,it blew out. If it's not knocking,and the smoke cleared up,wash it down and go on.



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Joe Bloggs

06-12-2005 08:48:46




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 Re: Did I blow my engine? in reply to d-deral, 06-12-2005 04:34:58  
2 coments. first how full is your oil because if it was over full and you had it on an angle there is a chance the crank case breather pipe that goes to the inlet manifold could have started sucking oil instead of vapor. the next thing is if the oil return (no preasure) from the head to the oul pan is restricted you get an oil pool in the valve cover then you can loose oil out the breather cap and quite alot . I have seen on an older jap car with a sideways engine the hole at one end of the head was completly blockes and every time the owner would drive along the creek crossing it would blow white smoke. he was told by a mechanic he needed a new engine. it was fixed with a screwdriver by opening up the drain/return hole in the head.
thats my 2 coments.

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Redmud

06-12-2005 05:31:45




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 Re: Did I blow my engine? in reply to d-deral, 06-12-2005 04:34:58  
I would say you have a hydraulic leak, and it's likely a hose with a pin hole, spraying fluid onto the muffler. You may need some help in finding it, someone to operate the machine, and someone else to hunt down the leak.



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