clayton991

Well, that's too bad because my “mechanic” unwired it and turned it back and forth to see if it affected the slightly rough running engine. It did help a little. I guess I'll just wire it where it runs the best. Thanks

No no no. Not gas.  I think I overfilled the oil after someone told me to just “fill it till it runs out”…..I didn't know about the overflow down below, I thought they meant the filler port so I put in about 1/2 a quart. Now, some oil did drip out of the little overflow banjo tube (plastic cover off), but not nearly the excess amount I put in. I ran the tractor for a couple of hours. Then I opened the filler cap again and dipsticked it with a little screwdriver and its all the way down to 1/2 an inch. Where did all that oil go? I opened the overflow banjo nut this morning and nothing came out.

My real question is….could that excess oil have mixed with the gas going thru the injector pump?? The engine is running rough and I'm thinking injectors are gummed up.

Ok. I did fill passed that point and the overflow is spitting some out. And, its not running that good either. Oil in the gas?

Been looking at picks of new ones. Looks like it is a nut cap. The vent is the top part, nut on the bottom. Will try that.

Of course its packed with dirt up around it. I've made a little tool to get up around it and scrape it out, but its still just spinning. Its a vent so I don't want to use water.