Rolled my 3240, and it ran till it blew ??

[TalonDancer]

Well it appears I'm a very lucky in more ways than one......

WOW That's a good as it gets

BTW which side did it roll onto. I'm trying to visualize the path the oil would take to get into the air intake.

Talon Dancer

 

[SteveCornell]

It went over onto the Right side, opposite the step

 

[TalonDancer]

It went over onto the Right side, opposite the step

Makes sense. The air intake tube (from the filters) is on that side of the engine. So it would be low when the tractor rolled to that side.

Talon Dancer

 

[funwithahoe]

Glad it worked out for you! - Had to have been the longest 10 minutes of your life but maybe not longer than the nanosecond as you turned the key today.

I agree that the oil probably wasn't makin it past the rings - Not enough to keep it running.

The real question won't be answered for years and that is how much wear was done to the engine in that 10 minutes but I suspect not too much since you were running synthetic.

 

[TalonDancer]

Hmmm... The value cover would have been up and the air intake down. Not good

Looks like the breather hose needs to be longer and take a big detour over the top of the valve cover.

Talon Dancer

 

[Deano]

Great news Steve! Glad you are OK!!

 

[Grandad4]

That's great to hear. Glad you are no worse for wear, and hopefully your 3240 had no long term issues either.

 

[Rob-D]

Glad to hear it Steve, boy these engines are tough!

Sounds right, I'd say oil got sucked up through the intake.

Be careful!!

Rob

 

[nh DRAGON]

Great news, Now go buy a lottery ticket!

 

[crazyal]

I'm wondering if a air cut off would work. That engine is going to try and pull air from somewhere and it might suck it right out of your engine through the crankcase breather. I could be wrong but I know I'm not willing to try to find out if I'm right.

Still glad to hear you got out of it safe and cheap. All in all other than some lost sleep not a bad day.