Hi Ron, I like your sense of humor/sarcasm? lol
I had an agenda this am when I posted. I had to get parts for the power steering leak. Another saga/another post
the downhill smoking was indeed burning oil. The original (factory)valve cover vent is located at the left front of the valve cover. The vent tube was bent down directly into the intake. When the tractor was traveling (downhill) with the left front at the lowest point the oil would get to the vent tube and the intake vacuum would take over.
the fix: I capped off the valve cover, cut a neat hole in the oil fill cap, placed a 90 degree(barbed outside/threaded inside) elbow in the cap and installed a new hose to return to the intake. It is crude but it will work until I bring the tractor home for the winter.
I ran the tractor down every hill that produced the sputtering and could not make it smoke, skip, or sputter once.
Credit will actually go to Bob Rooks.
I never really paid attention to the placement of the vent.
I had an agenda this am when I posted. I had to get parts for the power steering leak. Another saga/another post
the downhill smoking was indeed burning oil. The original (factory)valve cover vent is located at the left front of the valve cover. The vent tube was bent down directly into the intake. When the tractor was traveling (downhill) with the left front at the lowest point the oil would get to the vent tube and the intake vacuum would take over.
the fix: I capped off the valve cover, cut a neat hole in the oil fill cap, placed a 90 degree(barbed outside/threaded inside) elbow in the cap and installed a new hose to return to the intake. It is crude but it will work until I bring the tractor home for the winter.
I ran the tractor down every hill that produced the sputtering and could not make it smoke, skip, or sputter once.
Credit will actually go to Bob Rooks.
I never really paid attention to the placement of the vent.
