Simple Fix For Diesel

2014 - Volume #38, Issue #3, Page #39

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Simple Fix For Diesel "Blowby"

David Luttrell says he fixed the “blowby” problem on his 1975 Ford 4400 industrial diesel engine with just a little creative plumbing.
  “Whenever the tractor sat idling for a few minutes, it would leave a puddle of oil and nasty residue on the ground,” Luttrell says. “One day I was talking to my father, who was an engineer, and I asked him about plumbing the breather tube line back into the engine. He suggested giving it a try because with all his experience working with engines, he didn’t see why it wouldn’t work.”
  Luttrell first cut the breather tube shorter. Then he plumbed a solid line back and into the air intake behind the air filter. He says that simple fix solved the problem of oil and blowby smoke and the tractor has run great for the past 5 years.
  “I thought when I first ran the tractor after I plumbed the line that it sounded different that it did before,” Luttrell says, “and I guess that would make sense since air, smoke and oil from the breather tube was making a full circle back to the intake. However, the engine didn’t misfire; it seems to have just as much power as it did before, but all the smoke and oil is gone.”
  Luttrell bought the 4400 from an equipment auction in Pennsylvania with the understanding that it had a bad engine. “The auctioneer told me the tractor was owned by the county and that it was used for mowing road ditches. They wanted to get rid of it because they thought the engine needed to be overhauled,” Luttrell says. “I started the tractor on the lot and it sounded fine, so I took a chance and bought it.”
  “I’ve used the tractor 5 years for loader work and heavy lifting and it runs just fine,” says Luttrell, who never overhauled the engine after making the fix. “I change the oil, the oil filter and air filter regularly and beyond that, it’s never caused me a nickel’s worth of problems.”
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, David Luttrell, 568 County Road 1074, Mountain Home, Ark., 72653 (ph 870 421-5063).

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Simple Fix For Diesel Blowby ENGINES David Luttrell says he fixed the “blowby” problem on his 1975 Ford 4400 industrial diesel engine with just a little creative plumbing “Whenever the tractor sat idling for a few minutes it would leave a puddle of oil and nasty residue on the ground ” Luttrell says “One day I was talking to my father who was an engineer and I asked him about plumbing the breather tube line back into the engine He suggested giving it a try because with all his experience working with engines he didn’t see why it wouldn’t work ” Luttrell first cut the breather tube shorter Then he plumbed a solid line back and into the air intake behind the air filter He says that simple fix solved the problem of oil and blowby smoke and the tractor has run great for the past 5 years “I thought when I first ran the tractor after I plumbed the line that it sounded different that it did before ” Luttrell says “and I guess that would make sense since air smoke and oil from the breather tube was making a full circle back to the intake However the engine didn’t misfire; it seems to have just as much power as it did before but all the smoke and oil is gone ” Luttrell bought the 4400 from an equipment auction in Pennsylvania with the understanding that it had a bad engine “The auctioneer told me the tractor was owned by the county and that it was used for mowing road ditches They wanted to get rid of it because they thought the engine needed to be overhauled ” Luttrell says “I started the tractor on the lot and it sounded fine so I took a chance and bought it ” “I’ve used the tractor 5 years for loader work and heavy lifting and it runs just fine ” says Luttrell who never overhauled the engine after making the fix “I change the oil the oil filter and air filter regularly and beyond that it’s never caused me a nickel’s worth of problems ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Luttrell 568 County Road 1074 Mountain Home Ark 72653 ph 870 421-5063

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