French smallholder
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I have just registered with this forum and would very much appreciate advice on a problem that I have with an old Mc Cormick B-414. The tractor was running fine all morning and then it seemed to hesitate a couple of times and then the engine just stopped .
When I tried to start the engine it seemed very difficult to turn and I stopped immediately. After letting the engine go cold I tried again. This time the engine turned very freely (more so than normal) but did not fire.
I checked oil and water...all ok. I then noticed that the oil filter had the date 1990 on it...so I changed this.
I have just tried to start the engine again but it will not fire. There is, however white smoke coming out of the exhaust.
I checked the water again and noticed that there was a grey deposit in the water. I immediately thought that it could be a cylinder head gasket problem. However the water level was normal so I do not think that is the problem.
Has anybody got any ideas please.
Thanks for reading this.
I have just registered with this forum and would very much appreciate advice on a problem that I have with an old Mc Cormick B-414. The tractor was running fine all morning and then it seemed to hesitate a couple of times and then the engine just stopped .
When I tried to start the engine it seemed very difficult to turn and I stopped immediately. After letting the engine go cold I tried again. This time the engine turned very freely (more so than normal) but did not fire.
I checked oil and water...all ok. I then noticed that the oil filter had the date 1990 on it...so I changed this.
I have just tried to start the engine again but it will not fire. There is, however white smoke coming out of the exhaust.
I checked the water again and noticed that there was a grey deposit in the water. I immediately thought that it could be a cylinder head gasket problem. However the water level was normal so I do not think that is the problem.
Has anybody got any ideas please.
Thanks for reading this.