Small Engine Oil Leak
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Topic: Small Engine Oil Leak
Posted By: EPALLIS
Subject: Small Engine Oil Leak
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2017 at 8:05pm
| I seems I've noticed a small engine oil leak in the D-17 Series II only when it is idling. I see there are several "stop engine" oil leak products on the market. Should any of those ever be used in an A-C of this vintage? If so, which one? Thanks in advance! |
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2017 at 9:50pm
| Best to find the leak and repair it. MACK |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:52am
x2. Those stop leak liquids are only for people who don't want to get their hands dirty. ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
MACK wrote:Posted By: acd17toy
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 7:29pm
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Never saw a "mechanic" in a can fix anything. why waste your money on some thing like that. |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:00pm
| A friend of my grandpa's had a grain auger with its own engine that they couldn't get to start. They tried and tried and tried, and couldn't get anything. They poured some "Mechanic in a Bottle" (That's the real name) into the gas tank, and after letting it sit just a bit, it fired right up! Don't know what it really is, but it worked! |
Posted By: ksbowman
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:41pm
| Be my luck instead of fixing the leak it would stop up an oil passage! |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:47pm
| Most of that stuff is (snake oil). MACK |