Posted by spiffy1 on October 14, 2008 at 11:00:32 from (70.41.136.71):
In Reply to: Is it safe? posted by old on October 14, 2008 at 08:20:02:
I'd say rustred has a much safer plan there, but I have done what you're talking about [have done, not necessarily recommending! :oops: ] - actually a bit crazier yet:
left the spark plugs out and drug it 100ft accross the yard really slow while in high gear to get just enough RPM for to circulate the mixture (some ratio of diesel and oil). It didn't blow up, but maybe I got lucky! After that, you definitely want to do the same with some cheap oil and drain that right away too so you don't leave the bearings dry. That was one I'd broke loose after soaking in diesel and still had diesel all the way through the manifold and cylinders too.
What is yet un-noted though - did this have non-detergent? I've always been of the opinion [though no proof] that if you haven't run detergent oil before - then clean it up or switch to detergent - things can get loose and/or leaky.
Never tried it, but [after seeing a bunch of ATF uses around here] I have to wonder if you're going modern oil to modern oil, if ATF wouldn't be a good rinse? If so, I'd still flush that with some cheap motor oil too though, before putting in good stuff changing the filter and starting the tractor.
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