Hello all, hope your are all fantastic!
Ive had my 900 hours L1500DT for about 2 years. Only used for general grass cutting on a 1.5 acre paddock in UK.
Last year i had a oil in water problem which i seemed to fix by replacing the head gasket and oil tube o-ring. All has been well until i started cutting some longish grass. Water has now gotten into the oil!!
When i replaced the head gasket i had 2 small niggles. One was the o-ring as the new o-ring appeared to be a different colour to the one i removed (new one black, old one a sort of dark blue colour). Also one of the washers under a head stud was broken, i replaced it with what i thought was comparable quality but it appears to be distorted under the torque. Both of these i guess could lead to some water loss into the oil but it was running fine for a year until put it under some higher load which resulted in it overheating (whistling).
Would you have a go at replacing the gasket again and give it a chance or would it be a good idea to bite the bullet and replace the head?
Heads and gaskets seem easy ish to source. No idea where to get a head stud asher from though (in UK).
Im also wondering if anyone knows where Vics video's are? I recall seeing a great one on replacing the frost plug behind gearcase but cant find it now.
Thanks in advance,
D
Ive had my 900 hours L1500DT for about 2 years. Only used for general grass cutting on a 1.5 acre paddock in UK.
Last year i had a oil in water problem which i seemed to fix by replacing the head gasket and oil tube o-ring. All has been well until i started cutting some longish grass. Water has now gotten into the oil!!
When i replaced the head gasket i had 2 small niggles. One was the o-ring as the new o-ring appeared to be a different colour to the one i removed (new one black, old one a sort of dark blue colour). Also one of the washers under a head stud was broken, i replaced it with what i thought was comparable quality but it appears to be distorted under the torque. Both of these i guess could lead to some water loss into the oil but it was running fine for a year until put it under some higher load which resulted in it overheating (whistling).
Would you have a go at replacing the gasket again and give it a chance or would it be a good idea to bite the bullet and replace the head?
Heads and gaskets seem easy ish to source. No idea where to get a head stud asher from though (in UK).
Im also wondering if anyone knows where Vics video's are? I recall seeing a great one on replacing the frost plug behind gearcase but cant find it now.
Thanks in advance,
D
