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#78274 05/31/2007 4:05 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 Member | | Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 | Flushed My radiator today..Followed the directions,and the final step was to fill it with water for a final rinse. I did that and saw a bit of smoke coming out of my valve cover Breather..should that concern me? also,after this I put the anti freeze in,and tried to start it and the Battery was dead,,But I think I need to venture over to the electrical shop with that Question. M/G 55 235
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#78275 05/31/2007 4:08 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 Member | | Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 | I also put a #7 cap on..it had a 13...
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#78276 05/31/2007 1:51 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | A small amount of smoke from the breather is normal. Too much indicates worn piton rings. Be shure your road draft tube is not plugged up.
You might have run the battery down from long idle periods. Generators don,t charge at idle. Charge the battery up, start it up & make shure it shows charge on the anp. gauge when you rev it up a little.
That,s good with the 7 lb. cap.
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#78277 05/31/2007 2:02 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 Member | | Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 | Road Draft tube.That is the Pipe that angles down to the ground..Mine is in between the Starter and The fuel pump.?? How do I check that,,The reason I was concerned about the Smoke is that I never had smoke before..It was very little smoke.I thought the smoke thing may have happened cause I was flushing the second time with straight water,and it maybe just was not cooling enough with the water.? Oh well. Never thought about the Idle charge either, I will throw a charge on it,and check the ammeter. Stuart over at Electracle gave me some great insight also. I will be able to tackle this Problem..If there even is one. Thanks M/G
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#78278 06/02/2007 5:17 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 | Mike
There shouldn't be any connection between flushing the cooling system, & blow-by (smoke & draft) at the valve cover. Just coincidence,- as long as it was not steam | | |
#78279 06/02/2007 2:46 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 Member | | Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 | God..I hope It was not steam. Havent been able to fire it up since...My key locked up in the cylander and waiting for a replacment from my Vendor
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#78280 06/14/2007 9:23 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 | How did it go Mike?  No steam? | | |
#78281 06/14/2007 12:21 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 Member | | Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 | No Steam...Everything is good. I have to post some pics of at least my engine...It looks great all painted..clean..I had 50 years of grime to clean...cleand everything under too.Right now I have taken off all fenders,and inner fenders to get at things easy. I inspected my wires..they look good..pretty new. Except for the sender unit wire and ground.I replaced those 2 wires and funny thing happened..My fuel guage started to work. I am going to take oics tonight and post them real soon. Thanks for The help...oh ya..My oil is running real clean also.Although I have not done a hot oil change yet...M/G
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