Did they bother to check bearing clearances or did they just put the bearings in the saddles and drop the crank in? I'm betting the clearances are to big, Cam bearing clearances that are to big will cause low oil oil pressure too. As far as smoking goes most modern day rings break in pretty...
As far as oem oils that you seem to dislike and say are not that great, I have a Stihl Farm Boss chain saw that has had nothing but Stihl Ultra oil in it for going on 15 years with zero problems and it still runs like new. Starts with 3 pulls cold 1 pull warmed up. Just sayin
hi, got a problem & i hope somebody can help. I have a TC18 with a hydrostatic trans, every once in a while the forward/reverse pedal will freeze in the direction the tractor is going and I've had to stomp the pedal in the opposite direction before it runs into something. If i shut it off and...