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Fido, when I answered your post I pictured a tee for the oil senders as I have installed them that way many times for customers. For the temp you should find a separate place to add the second one. Let's not forget the other three ways to tell something is not right with your equipment. Those are sight, sound and smell.
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I just went back and read the part about the temp sender having to be immersed in coolant flow. That was true on some early electric units. Then they realized something and that was that it was completely worthless in some cases. If you lost your coolant (blown hose etc) it would not tell you that engine was frying. Modern ones will react to dry heat. I suggested finding a separate place to mount the second temp so you get closer to the heat source for accurate reading.
Would you waste any money on a system that would not tell you that your engine was burning up if you lost your coolant? I certainly would not.
No you don't have to do away with the originals. Put a nipple and a tee in and use both. That's the common way to do it.
Larry
That's no joke Tin. I saw Charlie Sheen on TV this morning. He said he had given up drugs but he looked and sounded like things were “enhanced” while he was talking. He needs to end up marooned on an island alone for a long while.
Have you looked to make sure the belt is tight? A slipping belt can be the cause overheating. Another thing to look at is the radiator. Can you see through the fins looking from the front? It should be clean. Also inside the radiator. Are the tubes plugged up?
For my contribution I would like to say that I have learned to watch harbor freight as for products and prices. Last fall my 3/8″ air ratchet gave up after many years of service. I looked at this one from HF
http://www.harborfreight.com/3…..65161.html
Then I went to my local hardware store bought a name brand one with a little more torque, double to warranty at half the price.
to HF. I have found the above true in several cases. Since I am semi-retired I have been working hard getting those things done that I put off for years. I am waiting on spring so I can put in a huge garden. That's pretty much my hobby in summer.
That's a very bad sign. That's blow-by and it means that compression is blowing by the rings. That's what makes the high crank case pressure and it's what is blowing the oil out the ventilator.
You should really inspect the intake system to see if there is a cracked hose or other problem that let it suck dirt into the engine.
From what I can tell long distance you are going to have to at least an in frame overhaul on the engine. You should really find somebody that can do a compression check to verify.
I simply keep a few cans of spray paint around and touch up as needed. When I pull my snow blower from the tractor (I hope real soon) any bare metal gets a new coat of paint. Scratches get touched up etc.
I see in your old post that you talked about smoke coming out of the ventilator. Take the oil cap off with engine warm and at idle. Do you see a puff, puff, puff of smoke, a steady stream of smoke etc ?
