Seem to recall something being said about shaft breaking within impeller . Dont know if that could giive your symptons or not. When mine went it was sudden & no more ps or brakes . Replacement was after market . It works but sometimes barely, if usiing when trying to turn wheel & truck not ,or...
When there is a Battery discussion on here ,I always think back to one time I was having starting problems with an old farm tractor.
I was blaming eveything but the kitchen sink for the problems . My wife who usually stays clear of such things ,finally piped up & said 'Why dont you put a...
Attended a jamboree last summer,that was held on a farm. It rained something awful , on & off for most of the weekend.
Lots of entertainment watching different outfits trying to get out on last day.
The Dodges old & newer seemed to fare the best at getting around. Seemed to be something to...
My son,s truck came with N inflated tires .The reason given was that the inflation sensors are sensitive down to 3 lb changes,so if filled with ordinary air the sensors would set off the" check air " thru normal tire heating/cooling.
Jeff, Other way around .The HD refers to a detergent oil.Agree in a 2 stroke engine detergent oil shouldnt be used as it doesnt burn as well as 2troke oil .Just wonder how critical this would be in our engines .
Good info Ratman re diff between oil for air cooled versus water cooled (marine). Never knew the diff.
Assume the 30 wt. oil is non HD.? Often wondered if mutigrade would hurt.
Can you tell us a bit about the home built. Had a Quickie kit years ago.
Could try making sure to keep tank reasonably full (say no more than a couple hundred miles before fillups). If problem doesnt recurr it may help to zone in on area of problem .
There was also quite a lot of discussion on a couple products on the other site a couple or so years back ,"steel seal" or something to that effect. Quite expensive & fair bit of work involved in using .Dont know if they were successful in high compression Diesel engines or not.
Someone did some tests one time & concluded there was no difference in temps on or off. Despite that ,mine is in the basement with a lot of other treasures.